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classification of radar

  • principle of radar operation
    In radar: Directive antennas and target direction

    A dedicated tracking radar—one that follows automatically a single target so as to determine its trajectory—generally has a narrow, symmetrical “pencil” beam. (A typical beamwidth might be about 1 degree.) Such a radar system can determine the location of the target in both azimuth angle and elevation…

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  • principle of radar operation
    In radar: Postwar progress

    …of these were the monopulse tracking radar and the moving-target indication (MTI) radar (discussed in the section Doppler frequency and target velocity). It required many more years of development to bring these two radar techniques to full capability.

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