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THIS IS IN ORDER FHAT TO
HAPPEN, THE PLANE HAD TO DUCK
RADAR INTENTIONALLY ALONG THE
WAY.
GREG, AS AUTHOR OF "SMALL AND
SHORT RANGE RADAR SYSTEMS," I'VE
READ IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
I LOVE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE WE GET
INTO THAT, RADAR FOR DUMMIES.
REAL QUICK.
>> REAL QUICK.
SO YOUR VIEWERS CAN DO THIS AT
HOME.
GET A FLASHLIGHT, GET A SWIVEL
CHAIR.
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, PUT THE
FLASHLIGHT ON YOUR HEAD AND SPIN
AROUND.
WHAT THE FLASHLIGHT BOUNCES OFF
OF IS WHAT THE RADAR SEIZE.
>> OUR PERCEPTION OF RADAR IN
THE MODERN AGE IS THAT IT'S
SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH, IT'S ON
THE BORDER OF ALL THESE
COUNTRIES, THAT IT CAN SEE A
PIGEON FLYING INTO THEIR
AIRSPACE.
THAT'S PROBABLY AN EXAGGERATION.
>> THAT WOULD BE.
ASSUMING THE PIGEON IS CLOSE
ENOUGH, MAYBE YOU CAN SEE ONE.
>> WHAT ABOUT A 777, COULD IT
FLY OVER CHINA INTO KAZAKHSTAN
WITHOUT BEING NOTICED?
HOW WOULD THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN?
>> ANYTHING LIKE THIS IS
POSSIBLE, BUT TO DO IT YOU'D
HAVE TO HAVE VERY DETAILED
INFORMATION OF THE TYPE OF
RADARS, THEIR DISPOSITION, THEIR
HEIGHTS AND THEIR WAYIFORMS TO
PULL THAT OFF.
>> SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A VIDEO
GAME.
THE PILOT WOULD HAVE TO KNOW A
CERTAIN ALTITUDE AND PATH TO GO.
>> HE'D HAVE TO KNOW A LOT.
>> WHEN THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT
SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE
FOCUSED ON THE PAKISTAN BORDER
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, WE DON'T
PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE BAY
OF BENGAL DOWN THERE, DOES THAT