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by echoangle 16 days ago
On the other hand, those only really tell you that something is coming somewhere in that direction, OTH radars don't have the resolution for targeting afaik.
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Knowing that it's coming and the general direction is what you need for command and control, the actual interceptor is going to be much more limited in range than the targeting radar.
Exactly. In an earlier draft I went deeper into this, but cut that section among others for brevity.