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Article #17665Rubber duckies, corner reflectors
From: Zigurd R. Mednieks
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1987 19:39
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1987 19:39
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Recent news accounts about the messile attack on the Stark have mentioned a radar countermeasure called a "Rubber Duckie" which is a rubber raft towed behind a ship. The raft contains very efficient radar reflectors which make the center of the ship apear somewhere bhind where the ship actially is. Are there any standard references on these types of countermeasures? Specifically, how big a "Rubber Duckie" does one need? Offhand it sounds very promising: A rubber raft can carry a big enough reflector to make it appear, on radar, as big or bigger than a Navy ship. -Zigurd
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!zrm From: zrm@eddie.MIT.EDU (Zigurd R. Mednieks) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Rubber duckies, corner reflectors Message-ID: <6102@eddie.MIT.EDU> Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 15:39:08 EDT Article-I.D.: eddie.6102 Posted: Tue Jun 16 15:39:08 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 07:33:05 EDT Reply-To: zrm@eddie.MIT.EDU (Zigurd R. Mednieks) Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA Lines: 11 Keywords: radar, countermeasures, passive