The radar had detected another seven points of mass out to 115,000 kilometers, all the same size as the first.
Then, military radar detected them in enough time for warnings that gave Israelis a minute or more to take cover.
However, it is possible that radar can detect the surface effects produced by a submarine.
It was also found that some radars could detect large projectiles in flight.
No doubt other Soviet bombers' radar could detect it too.
There was no way a radar could detect so small a target as his periscope in these waves.
The radar can detect targets up to 300 km away and is now part of Iran's air defense system.
The radar in question was under the horizon and too far away to detect their semistealthy aircraft.
The radar can detect ground targets such as tanks at 40-50 km.
Neither radar nor telescope, however, detected any sign of a recent landing.