ofc it should if you know where it is. balloon and ropes are plastic and therefore non-reflective for microwaves. drone is also largerly plastic so the only metal bits are wiring, battery and warhead
but wait, it gets worse: you can shoot down balloon, but after release drone is still pretty high up but it’s now fast, and has just as small radar return as before
Luckily they developed radar that does not use microwaves about 80 years ago, so that isn’t a huge problem. You can see them use it literally every time you turn on the weather broadcast because clouds aren’t made of metal either.
ofc it should if you know where it is. balloon and ropes are plastic and therefore non-reflective for microwaves. drone is also largerly plastic so the only metal bits are wiring, battery and warhead
but wait, it gets worse: you can shoot down balloon, but after release drone is still pretty high up but it’s now fast, and has just as small radar return as before
Luckily they developed radar that does not use microwaves about 80 years ago, so that isn’t a huge problem. You can see them use it literally every time you turn on the weather broadcast because clouds aren’t made of metal either.
Uh, source??
using vhf-uhf equals to lower resolution and means that you might miss the drone entirely. and it doesn’t fit on a fighter