02-22-2010, 03:52 AM
The swordfish will have the same advantages tracking incoming ballistic missiles weather they come over the himalayas or over the sea.
Tracking cruise missiles is a different ballgame though. I would suppose that cruise missiles are easier to track if they are flying over flat terrain rather than doing a ground hugging movement in a hilly terrain. The himalayas have a gradual gradient, with a number of decrementally reducing hills. A cruise missile fired from north of the himalayas will perhaps be able to dive between the hills, repeatedly breaking radar lock, making both tracking and targeting difficult.
Tracking cruise missiles is a different ballgame though. I would suppose that cruise missiles are easier to track if they are flying over flat terrain rather than doing a ground hugging movement in a hilly terrain. The himalayas have a gradual gradient, with a number of decrementally reducing hills. A cruise missile fired from north of the himalayas will perhaps be able to dive between the hills, repeatedly breaking radar lock, making both tracking and targeting difficult.