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I realize it would mean she would no longer be fighting for her rights in her satin tights, but you'd think Wonder Woman would have made her whole outfit out of whatever her bracelets are made out of. (lemmy.world)
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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Ive always wondered if Superman (or any flying tights) would show up on radar. Is a person just too small of an object? Do drones show up on radar?

I guess i could look that last one up pretty easily if i wasn't drinking my coffee and just scrolling.

Ironman popped up on radar in his first movie. I guess metal might make the reflective difference. So maybe the perfect stealth plane would be covered in skin.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

Yes. I have had a ground unit radar operator call out a "small aircraft" in a restricted zone repeatedly that we passed over (without seeing it) repeatedly, only for it to disappear and reappear again in the same general area. It was on the third or fourth pass I noticed two large birds flying wingtip to wingtip exactly where they were saying, and disappeared when the split apart.

So the size of a bird? Maybe not. The size of TWO birds? Yes. Annoyingly so.

[–] Arality@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I worked in aviation for a few years. I've heard tons of stories about birds showing up on radar. A human size object would absolutely show up.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

I was thinking about that too. But i wasn't sure if it was a movie thing or not. Thanks.

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

More than skin, you need meat. Red meat.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

True. You don't want to use white or dark meat. Birds can show up on radar.