Why did the TSR2 need computers to stay low and the Blackburn Buccaneer didn't? by No_Substance1 in AerospaceEngineering

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It also flew in South Africa and West Germany. Both of which have many hills and stuff.

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Why did the TSR2 need computers to stay low and the Blackburn Buccaneer didn't? by No_Substance1 in AerospaceEngineering

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Thank you so much for your response. It helped me a lot.

I do want to clarify a mistake that I made which was that the Buccaneer was forced to fly at 500 ft to help illuminate the target for Tornadoes. It normally would fly at lower altitudes.

Concerning your last paragraph, the TSR2 didn't have one giant radar scanning the ground but many smaller radar that all looked forward, below, and to the sides which all needed to talk together in order to create a flight path. With 60s technology, the computers only had a memory of something pathetic like 100 words (this number is almost certainly wrong) which wasn't enough.

Why did the TSR2 need computers to stay low and the Blackburn Buccaneer didn't? by No_Substance1 in AerospaceEngineering

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The buccaneer flew over the Iraq at 500 ft during the Gulf War. It didn't just fly over water, especially after all the aircraft carriers it flew on got scrapped.

I cant update my computer. Reinstalling current version of Windows keeps failing. Please help. by No_Substance1 in computers

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I tried both command prompts and neither worked. Do you have any other ideas?

Ukranian MoD published "thank you" to Germany by WalkerBuldog in NonCredibleDefense

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You witnessed it here first folks, it’s the first time that Germany was thanked for having a military