• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    20 hours ago

    In the long term maybe he has a point. In the short term the other guys are often using a radar built in 1985 and displaying to a ray tube.

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      4 hours ago

      But also, how far can low light sensitive cameras see into the sky? Maybe a couple miles with some sort of telescopic optics? The F35 can attack from beyond visual range using its 100 mile range radar system.

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      10 hours ago

      Yeah, while we are at it. Everything sucks compared to the starship enterprise. You can’t beat photon torpedoes and shields. All current military technology sucks.