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I was wondering about that too. They can only detect aircraft with wingspans over 25 m, so most fighter jets (and also GA aircraft) are too small. Large commercial aircraft can be much better located (and identified!) via ADS-B. So that doesn't leave a lot of aircraft (bombers, tankers, AWACS and other larger military aircraft) for which this is useful.


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