Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Damn, that's interesting! · edit-29 months agoThe Sea-Based X-Band Radar being transported by shipsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1169arrow-down1imageThe Sea-Based X-Band Radar being transported by shipsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Damn, that's interesting! · edit-29 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkasi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-29 months ago 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).
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoGuessing you don’t want to be standing right next to the dome when it pings, then… 😳
minus-squaresawdustprophet@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months ago“One ping only, Vasily.”
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).
Guessing you don’t want to be standing right next to the dome when it pings, then… 😳
“One ping only, Vasily.”