Yeah, they have a load of these radars at a military base near where I live in the UK. Theyâre called Radomes, but are commonly referred to as âThe Golf Ballsâ around here lol
Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible ship, which means that it can lower itself partly underwater to allow its cargo to move on/off. The ship is designed primarily to move oil rigs around, with this being a special case. The radar itself is actually a converted oil rig.
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Skasi@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
For reference, that's about 1/10th the circumference of the Earth.
In SI units that's about 4'000 kilometers. The Earth circumference is almost exactly 40'000 kilometers (by historical definition).
agent_flounder@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Guessing you don't want to be standing right next to the dome when it pings, then... đł
sawdustprophet@midwest.social · 9 pts · 2y
"One ping only, Vasily."
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Whatâs âx-bandâ mean
Edit: ah.
Slightly less for comms eng.
blterrible@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
WiFi will probably creep in at the lower end of that soon. We're only 2Ghz away!
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
WiGig was 60Ghz, I would bet we would take a second stab at that before picking a new range.
doublejay1999@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Whereâs it going ?
sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
This is an old photograph from 2006, taken as the ship arrives at Pearl Harbour. The Radar was being moved from Corpus Christi, Texas.
Kiosade@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
Wait, is THAT what those do? I used to see a bunch of them in the hills around a major airforce base. Jokingly called them the âEpcotâ spheres.
sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah, they have a load of these radars at a military base near where I live in the UK. Theyâre called Radomes, but are commonly referred to as âThe Golf Ballsâ around here lol
worsedoughnut@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 2y
How do they unload that? Do they kind of just tilt it into the water, or is there a giant crane freighter ship waiting at its destination?
sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 2y
Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible ship, which means that it can lower itself partly underwater to allow its cargo to move on/off. The ship is designed primarily to move oil rigs around, with this being a special case. The radar itself is actually a converted oil rig.
Blue Marlin preparing to offload an oil rig:
worsedoughnut@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 2y
Oh sick, thanks!
AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
They are really pulling out all the stops for the new "Raft" sequel.