Alternatively, a harpoon to the radar system of IOWA, then BLU-116 or BLU-109 can penetrate the deck, even WWII AP bombs can penetrate the deck, modern bunker buster bombs can do better.
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https://youtu.be/hvgyiFCoG0U?t=1063
Look what is on presentation slide, 20.00 they have targets on radar screen, then 20.30 they have four targets on screen. And if you check in newspaper article:
Komandir odeljenja OASt vodnik I klase Ljubenković izveštava da ponovo nema kvalitetne odraze na daljinama manjim od 60 do 70 km i traži dozvolu da bude van pripravnosti, radi dodatnog podešavanja. Ne dozvoljavam mu, smatrajući da nemamo dovoljno vremena za to. Oko 20.15 časova naređujem da se četiri rakete stave na pripremu 1. I dalje na pokazivaču nemam odraze nijednog aviona koji je bliži od 60 km. Ljubenković ponavlja zahtev da mu dozvolim da bude van pripravnosti kako bi izvršio podešavanje prijemnika. Odobravam mu ali samo 10 minuta. Oko 20.30 časova dobijam radarsku sliku na mom pokazivaču. Možda čak i koji minut ranije. Odrazi ciljeva su bili veliki, ali nisu bili uobičajenog intenziteta već bledunjavi – anemični. Pojavilo se četiri do pet odraza na daljinama oko 25 km.
In 20.00 they have targets but they are far away (60-70km) and siganture of targets isn’t good, then in 20.15 because all targets are more then 60km away they turn off radar, then around 20.30 they activate P-18 again and four or five targets with big but strange signature (anemic as Dani said) they are ~25km away.
I try not to rely on newspaper as much since there is big possibility of the journalist misinterpreted what Zoltan Dany said.
Any way after i put the newspaper paragraph into Google translate, this is what i got:
The commander of the OASt Department of the I class, Ljubenkovic, reports that he does not have quality reflections again at distances less than 60 to 70 km and asks for permission to be out of readiness for further adjustment. I do not allow him, considering that we do not have enough time to do this. At 20.15 pm, I order four rockets to be set up for preparation 1. I still have no reflection of any aircraft that is closer than 60 km on the display. Ljubenkovic reiterates his request that I allow him to be out of readiness to perform the tuning of the receiver. I approve it but only 10 minutes. At about 20.30, I get a radar image on my pointer. Maybe even minutes ago. Reflection goals were large, but they were not normal intensity but bleak – anemic. There were four to five reflections on distances about 25 km.
I interprete that as Ljubenkovic want to readjust the radar because he can’t get quality reflection at distance less than 60-70 km. This seem to refer to the targets in general instead of some specific target. Obviously i could be wrong because Google translate isn’t 100% accurate.
Like you said, at 17:50 in the video, we can see “Pojava ciljeva” or “apparance of goals”. But it isn’t absolutely clear whether these targets are detected by the radar or from insider information. As Zoltan explained at 18:32 in the video, the head quater would sometimes send in sighting “turn on the radar, see what you see”.
https://youtu.be/hvgyiFCoG0U?t=1112
But i think the most interesting tibit comes at 19:16 in the video.
Among 4 frequency setting used L1, L2, L3, L4, only at the L1 (lowest frequency setting) these 4 targets suddenly show up. They were around 30 km distance and some are closer. P-18 operates in VHF between 140-180 Mhz
Detection range table bellow, F-117 was crusing between 6-8 km height, so it is still stealthy at least until 140 Mhz (0.14 Ghz):
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