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From: fc173108@eesun.gwu.edu (Iqbal Qazi)
Subject: Re: PAVE xxx?
Organization: The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 05:23:32 GMT
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From: fc173108@eesun.gwu.edu (Iqbal Qazi)


If I'm not mistaken "PAVE" in general refers (somehow) to the radar
capability of the item at hand.  In other words:  I don't know either.

I've also heard of PAVE TACK, which I think is a land-based radar
tracking system.  I believe this is the one with many radars pointing
in different directions outward from the US.  (I.E. there's one in
Texas pointing south, one in N. Dakota or somewheres pointing north,
etc.)  I recall reading that these radars could identify and track a
metal object the size of a grapefruit _several_ (~1K) miles away.

If anyone has any info. about this or PAVE xxx in general, I look
forward to reading it.


Iqbal