Can clouds impede RADAR performance like Modi said!

Full form of RADAR is Radio Aided Detection and Ranging. No matter how basic or advanced a RADAR is, it will definitely have Radio waves in its propagation to detect the targets. Atmospheric conditions have a huge impact on the propagation path of the EM wave and its echo to detect the targets.
It is a different matter that modern RADARs incorporate polarisation controls, noise cancellation techniques, sensitivity time control and automatic gain controls to eradicate unwanted objects such as Sea clutter, rain, snow, fog and Clouds which do cause noise patches to appear as targets on the RADAR. Even roughness of the sea, windy conditions, type of topography has a huge impact on the target detection probability. It is imperative to say that cloudy/ rainy conditions deteriorate the performance of the RADAR and thus at long ranges, it is extremely difficult to distinguish a target from cloud patches. This is mainly due to the propagation conditions.
US Navy and most advanced Navies/ Airforce/Armies of the world use aids such as Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System (AREPS) Tropospheric Electromagnetic Parabolic Equation Routine (TEMPER). These software take into account parameters such as wind speed, wind direction, terrain heights, sea, sand, atmospheric pressure, dew point, humidity and other weather conditions to calculate the propagation of the RADAR or its probability of detecting a target at certain ranges. Cloudy conditions are also an integral part of it!
Please understand it’s just not so simple as a radio wave penetrating through a cloud!
Modi is not as dumb as you think!

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