Look-down/shoot-down
Sign in to saveA radar system has look-down/shoot-down capability if it can detect, track and guide a weapon to an air target that (as seen by the radar) is silhouetted against the ground.
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6 sectionsContents
- Problem and naming
- Look down
- Shoot down
- Concept
- History
- References
A radar system has look-down/shoot-down capability if it can detect, track and guide a weapon to an air target that (as seen by the radar) is silhouetted against the ground.
==Problem and naming==
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