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Old 02-23-2009, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
While not a radio, the Pine Gap "over the horizon" radar station out in the middle of nowhere in Australia was basically little more than 20 year old electronics hooked up to a couple of fences. It was able to detect the US stealth bomber and fighter from halfway around the world back when they still officially "didn't exist" with pinpoint accuracy. Imagine what if can do a couple of decades later with upgraded electronics....
Pine Gap was mentione in an episode of NCIS that I watched recently.
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