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Robin asked: On Sat, 1 May 1999 11:22:40 +0100 (BST) Robin Green <r.d.green@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Harriet Griffin wrote: > > > APRIL 29, 17:18 EDT > > Iraq Says 24 Injured in Raids > > > > The U.S. military said its warplanes attacked Iraqi air defense sites > > Thursday in the northern no-fly zone after being threatened by radar and > > fired upon. > > Could someone explain how one can be "threatened by radar"? > > -- > Robin Green The threat is very real. Being illuminated by a radar is very threatening - it is the first step to getting a radar lock on a target, after which Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs) may be fired. The usual practice is to fire them in pairs five second apart, so that while the pilot is dodging the first one, they get hit by the second one. As the piece said, the radar illumination was followed by being fired on. Dr. Eric Herring Department of Politics University of Bristol 10 Priory Road Bristol BS8 1TU England, UK Tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582 Fax +44-(0)117-9732133 http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics Eric.Herring@bristol.ac.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html