radar range tracking

  • 1radar — /ray dahr/, n. 1. Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or… …

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  • 2Radar — For other uses, see Radar (disambiguation). A long range radar antenna, known as ALTAIR, used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll …

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  • 3Radar MASINT — is one of the subdisciplines of Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) and refers to intelligence gathering activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT),… …

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  • 4Radar tracker — A radar tracker is a component of a radar system, or an associated command and control (C2) system, that associates consecutive radar observations of the same target into tracks. It is particularly useful when the radar system is reporting data… …

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  • 5Radar warning receiver — Typically fitted to military aircraft, radar warning receivers (RWR) detect the radio emissions of radar systems, whether ground based or on board other aircraft. The system is often capable of classifying the source of the radar by type (Pulsed… …

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  • 6Radar display — Modern radar systems typically use some sort of raster scan display to produce a map like image. In the past, notably during the early days of radar development, such displays were difficult to produce for a number of reasons. Several different… …

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  • 7Radar passif — Un radar passif est un radar qui peut détecter et suivre un objet en utilisant les réflexions de sources étrangères au système telles que des stations de radiodiffusion ou de radiocommunication. C est un cas particulier du radar bistatique qui… …

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  • 8Tracking ship — Missile Range instrumentation Ship USNS Range Sentinel …

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  • 9tracking — Synonyms and related words: automatic tracking, chase, data transmission, dogging, flector tuning, follow, follow up, following, hue and cry, hunting, locking on, locking signals, mapping, phase adjustment, pinpointing, precision focusing,… …

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  • 10tracking — i. The process of following the movements of an object. This may be done by keeping the reticle of an optical system or a radar beam on the object, plotting its bearing and distance at frequent intervals, or a combination of the two. See track… …

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