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From: davis@hplabs.UUCP (Jim Davis)
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Subject: Re: Re: Where are radar detectors illegal?
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Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 03:58:14 EST
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    I thought I would pass on some off the wall thoughts
that came up in conversation with a friend.  Of course,
none of these imply anything about my employer, myself,
or my friends.

    First, consider the applications of Stealth Technology
to cars.  Since we only have to look like thin air in two
relatively small bands of the radar spectrum, it is not
nearly the problem that making a plane disappear over a
wide range of detecting frequencies is.  (Good, I would
not want to pay billions [bi-sagans, semi-sagans?] for my
car.)  We don't even have to look like empty air, it we
simply design the car so that all of the radar energy
reflects up, then it will be obvious that the car is there,
but the police officer won't get any speed reading.

    Second, we could even advertise our presence.  Think of
two radar emitters on the car so that it will appear to be
going 55 mph whenever the officer "shoots" it.  (One doppler
shifted down pointing forward, and one upshifter pointing
backward.)  Of course, the Electronic Countermeasures war
would be on.  The police would use (if they don't already)
chirped signals, we would need smarter misleaders.
( Think of the help that this consumer interest would bring to
the defense industries :-) ) 

    Again I point out that these are simply flights of
fancy and not meant to get me investigated by anybody
with a TLA.
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	Jim Davis (James W Davis)
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