Re: Cancelled Canadian radar program is Sri Lanka's gain



On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:32:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Linthicum
<jacklinthicum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

snip

The system transmits high-frequency waves that follow the curvature of
the Earth to detect and track objects hundreds of kilometres over the
horizon. Regular radars are restricted to objects in their line of
sight on the horizon.

a canadian woodpecker ?

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Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com
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