Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year 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!@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkasi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 year 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-up8·1 year agoGuessing you don’t want to be standing right next to the dome when it pings, then… 😳
minus-squaresawdustprophet@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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.”