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DIS SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM 55/6/99 APPENDIX AS DETECTABILITY OF PLASMA TARGETS 1. If itis assumed that, in the first instance the target 1s a spherical plasma body, the following conditions could exist: = The sphere could be large in dimension compared with the radar wavelength ~The radar echoing area of the simple sphere is a function of its ratio of circumference to the illuminating wavelength [2na/2. (where as the sphere radius)) - For large values of 2a/), the RCS approaches the...