The Sea-Based X-Band Radar being transported by ship
The Sea-Based X-Band Radar being transported by ship
The radar can detect airborne ICBM warheads up to 2500 miles away.
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The radar can detect airborne ICBM warheads up to 2500 miles away.
For reference, that's about 1/10th the circumference of the Earth.
In SI units that's about 4'000 kilometers. The Earth circumference is almost exactly 40'000 kilometers (by historical definition).
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Guessing you don't want to be standing right next to the dome when it pings, then... 😳
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"One ping only, Vasily."
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What’s “x-band” mean
Edit: ah.
In radar engineering, the frequency range is specified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as 8.0–12.0 GHz. The X band is used for radar, satellite communication, and wireless computer networks.
Slightly less for comms eng.
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WiFi will probably creep in at the lower end of that soon. We're only 2Ghz away!
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WiGig was 60Ghz, I would bet we would take a second stab at that before picking a new range.
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Where’s it going ?
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This is an old photograph from 2006, taken as the ship arrives at Pearl Harbour. The Radar was being moved from Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Wait, is THAT what those do? I used to see a bunch of them in the hills around a major airforce base. Jokingly called them the “Epcot” spheres.
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Yeah, they have a load of these radars at a military base near where I live in the UK. They’re called Radomes, but are commonly referred to as “The Golf Balls” around here lol
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How do they unload that? Do they kind of just tilt it into the water, or is there a giant crane freighter ship waiting at its destination?
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Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible ship, which means that it can lower itself partly underwater to allow its cargo to move on/off. The ship is designed primarily to move oil rigs around, with this being a special case. The radar itself is actually a converted oil rig.
Blue Marlin preparing to offload an oil rig:
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Oh sick, thanks!
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They are really pulling out all the stops for the new "Raft" sequel.
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