From: keithwillshaw@gmail.com   
      
   On 24/10/2022 06:11, Douglas Eagleson wrote:   
   > I remember the term,  sounding, rocket.  In the cold war days they may have   
   been used by both sides to test the early warning radar.  They   
   > were physically small.   
   >   
   > And they were mostly undetectable.  Think of a two foot long re-entry cone.   
   > This is extremely useful to test NORAD.  The local police would say "what   
   the hell is that" when found by accident.  They targeted the plains areas near   
   US operations, like out in the the plains region.   
   >   
   > I would just say "stay cool" if found in Ukraine.   
      
   More Eagleson bollocks   
      
      
   1) In 1982 the standard test target for the Royal Navy was a 4.5" shell,   
   the Class 22 Frigates tested their Sea Wolf Missiles by firing at then   
   on the range, now if they can detect and hit on object that size the   
   idea that they couldnt see a sounding rocket is absurd.   
      
   2) In WW2 British Radar systems could detect V2's being launched from France   
      
   3) Sounding rockets are typically used for atmospheric and meteorlogical   
   research and are routinely tracked by Radar. The British SkylardkRockets   
   are still in use launched from a site in the Shetland Islands   
      
   You may have stumbled unknowingly on to a truth however, some more   
   modern sounding rockets carry a GPS receiver and a transmitter to give   
   dynamic positions without the need for a radar system. That way you can   
   drive to an interesting location in the middle of nowhere and fire it   
   from a mobile launcher.   
      
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