Re: [MV] camo netting

At 10:50 AM -0400 8/3/04, Steve Grammont wrote:[color=blue]
>Well, the drug cover concern is the first explanation that I've heard
>that sounds even remotely rational.
>
>I think what Joe was told is a bunch of bunk :-) Sounds like someone at
>DRMO didn't know why he was destroying the netting so he came up with his
>own reason. I can't even begin to imagine how something that is supposed
>to not draw the attention of radar (absorb/scatter signal, not reflect it
>back) could possibly affect anything. Think about it... if the netting
>screwed with aircraft radar, then it would be detectable by the radar
>operator. Said operator would then be able to say "gee, someone has some
>netting down there. Let's drop a bomb on it and find out what it is".[/color]

What the netting does is helps the object appear as part of the
ground clutter vs appearing as a distinct object in the ground
clutter. Exactly how it could be used to conceal a field from radar
(when it's already part of the ground clutter) is beyond me. Further,
the drug dealers can still get camo net or just make it.

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