The next generation of Russian radar are the Voronezh radar.
The Russian radar points up and its beam is reflected back to earth from fine meteor particles suspended in the atmosphere at high altitudes.
But the B-1s will still be well outside Russian radar coverage and still well within international airspace.
I believe we have a very good chance of getting past Russian radar, avoiding their air defense, neutralizing that laser facility, and getting back.
"Better than Russian radar," said the President for Life, patting his pocket.
The KLJ-7 uses a mechanically-steered slotted array antenna and bears similarities with the various Russian radars imported in the 1990s.
But the crew was somewhat comforted by the fact that most Russian radars weren't good at picking targets out of ground clutter.
Shark's sonar room had already located a ship in that area and the ESM had reported an occasionally transmitting Russian radar.
The P-20 would become the first Russian radar to use the decimetric wavelength, the first prototype being created in 1947, a factory test unit 1949.
The stealth had been picked up on Russian radar at the moment when it had uncaged its bomb load just prior to weapons delivery.