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Tethered drones can raise a warship's radar horizon

A very tall radar-mast cartoon prompts a short reply about recurring tethered-drone proposals.

Airborne Early Warning Naval Radar Sensor Masts Tethered Drones

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Question

Have you seen the cartoon of a warship with its radar on a 5,000-foot mast?

Short answer

Possibly, but tethered radar-carrying drones are the more interesting related idea.

Notes

The exaggerated mast prompts a comparison with radar carried by a tethered drone. Repeated proposals to use drones this way aboard warships have attracted interest. Their practical performance is left unassessed.