Message posted by Swede on April 18, 2009 at 6:23:33 PST:

Answer to question 3.
Thats is a Radar Cross Section (RCS) facility that belongs to Lockheed Martin.

Radar cross section (RCS) is a measure of how detectable an object is with a radar. When radar waves are beamed at a target, only a certain amount is reflected back. A number of different factors determine how much electromagnetic energy returns to the source, such as the angles created by surface plane intersections. For example, a stealth aircraft (which is designed to be undetectable) will have design features that give it a low RCS, as opposed to a passenger airliner that will have a high RCS. RCS is integral to the development of radar stealth technology, particularly in applications involving aircraft and ballistic missiles. RCS data for current military aircraft are almost all classified.

In Reply to: Peter Merlin 3 questions. posted by Daniel McLaughlin on April 18, 2009 at 4:18:59 PST:

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