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From: willey@arrakis.nevada.edu (James P. Willey)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B-2 Question
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Date: 9 Aug 89 03:58:14 GMT
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From: willey@arrakis.nevada.edu (James P. Willey)
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In article <8751@cbnews.ATT.COM> berman-andrew@YALE.ARPA (Andrew P. Berman) wr
>Third, how did they knock down enemy aircraft before the
>invention of radar, and could those tactics be used against the B-2?

        Before radar became widely used, a network of visual outposts were
set up.  When men were drafted for war, women filled the ranks of many of these
posts.  Their primary instruments were a pair of binoculars, a telephone, and
a good pair of eyes.  One of these posts can be seen in the movie In Harm's
Way [with John Wayne of course :-)].  As to whether or not it would be useful
today,  it would work just as well against low flying targets.  I would imagine
that by now something has been developed that would work better for the higher altitudes, but I don't know much about vision aids. Anybody in net.land know
of anything that would work?
        As for various listening devices, they would be useful for initial
detection, but there's no substitute for a good visual identification.