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Introduction radar fundamentals physics and overview of electromagnetic scattering exact prediction techniques highfrequency rcs prediction techniques phenomenological examples of radar cross section radar cross section reduction radar absorbing materials radar. The analysis methods discussed focus on physical optics and numerical solutions to maxwells equations the method of moments and finitedifference solutions as they apply. Radar cross section is used to detect airplanes in a wide variation of ranges. This book shows how the rcs gauge can be predicted for theoretical objects and how it can be measured for real targets. The rcs, as it is known in the trade, can be stated in very simple terms. Radar and laser cross section engineering, second edition.
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