Quotes about Radar Detection

Muhammad Sidqi Mahmud

Egypt’s warning system and air defense system are capable of discovering and destroying any air attack by the enemy [Israel], no matter how many aircraft were involved or from which direction they come.

The Egyptians had received the latest Russian radar and missiles. It’s planes outnumbered the Israeli Air Force 3 to 1. Within a year, the entire Egyptian Air Force was virtually destroyed. See {605729}

Seth Shostak

The strongest signals leaking off our planet are radar transmissions, not television or radio. The most powerful radars, such as the one mounted on the Arecibo telescope (used to study the ionosphere and map asteroids) could be detected with a similarly sized antenna at a distance of nearly 1,000 light-years.

Michael Portillo

What's extraordinary about Cobra Mist, and so much of what went on at Orford, was that the public were completely oblivious to it.

Bode Miller

People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.

George C. Marshall

It is possible that our opponents in the Pacific would be four-fifths of the way to Hawaii before we knew that they had moved...

Marshall was chief of staff of the army at that time. His projection essentially turned out to be true. However, even he underestimated the Japanese who got all the way to Pearl Harbor and attacked before they were detected. Marshall had advocated placing long range heavy bombers in Hawaii that could perform long range scouting missions. Congress would not make the funds available.

Amanda Shires

Always have two radar detectors. One to see if there are any cops around, and the second one to make sure there aren't any cops around.

Radar Detection Quotes