Radar, Air to Surface Vessel, or ASV radar for short, is a classification used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to refer to a series of aircraft-mounted radar...
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sometimes known, in British terminology, as air-to-surface-vessel radar — ASV for short. Similar radars are also widely used on civilian ships and even...
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II - Wartime air to surface vessel radar ASV Mk. III - Wartime air to surface vessel radar ASV Mk. XI - Wartime air to surface vessel radar ASV Mk. 19 -...
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treatment for sleep apnea Air-to-surface-vessel radar (also "anti-surface vessel"), aircraft-mounted radars used to find ships and submarines American Society...
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surveillance radar where targets are small surface vessels and sea-skimming missiles or aircraft. A new antenna extends range coverage to 180 km (110 mi)...
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countermeasures, particularly radar warning receivers. In June 1941 an RAF bomber equipped with an ASV (Air-to-Surface Vessel) Mk II radar made an emergency landing...
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Radar Target Acquisition (TA, TAR) Radar Systems Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) Systems Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Systems Surface Search (SS) Radar...
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maritime radar systems, initially developed by Ferranti for the Lynx helicopter, built in Edinburgh. It is used primarily as an air-to-surface-vessel (ASV)...
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Over-the-horizon radar (OTH), sometimes called beyond the horizon radar (BTH), is a type of radar system with the ability to detect targets at very long...
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lightweight sets to equip night fighters (aircraft interception radar) and maritime patrol aircraft (air-to-surface-vessel radar), and complementary...
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Aster (missile family) (redirect from Aster surface-to-air missile)
Aster 30 are a Franco-Italian family of all-weather, vertical launch surface-to-air missiles. The name "Aster" stands for "Aérospatiale Terminale", with...
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version of the surface-to-ship system (Type 12 Kai) and the air-launched variant for the P-1 patrol aircraft. Procurement of the air-launched variant...
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launches of air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM) or anti-ship missiles (AShM). Surface: Anti-surface warfare conducted by warships. These vessels can use torpedoes...
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Mistral (missile) (redirect from Mistral surface-to-air missile)
the 1991 Paris Air Show fitted with SHORAR (Short-range Anti-aircraft Defence Radar) from Oerlikon Contraves. The MCP is designed to be used with a portable...
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of length of 33.5 m (110 ft) and it was to be equipped with FuG 200 Hohentwiel ASV (Air to Surface Vessel) radar and defensive armament consisting of five...
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(13). The Barracuda Mk II carried the metric wavelength ASV II (Air to Surface Vessel) radar, with the Yagi-Uda antennae carried above the wings. The Barracuda...
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disbanded in November 1949. 783 Naval Air Squadron was formed as an ASV Training Squadron (air-to-surface-vessel radar) at HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath, Scotland...
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there were several developments in air-to-surface-vessel radar and sonobuoys, which enhanced the ability of aircraft to find and destroy submarines, especially...
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comprising a SeaMaster 400 air warning radar, a Watcher 100 active phased-array surface detection and tracking radar (claimed to be able to detect small objects...
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systems to supplement the Ticonderogas for air and missile defense. The Navy also launched studies into a Future Surface Combatant (FSC) to replace the...
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compared to the one installed on the Jose Rizal-class frigate; a 2D air/surface search radar system; a secondary surface search/navigation radar system;...
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Sunderlands were fitted with ASV Mark II "Air to Surface Vessel" radar. This was a primitive low frequency radar system operating at a wavelength of 1.5...
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Anti-ship missile (redirect from Surface-to-ship missiles)
destroyer, use a combination of radar systems, integrated computer fire-control systems, and agile surface-to-air missiles (SAM) to simultaneously track, engage...
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Radar cross-section (RCS), denoted σ, also called radar signature, is a measure of how detectable an object is by radar. A larger RCS indicates that an...
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Masurca (redirect from Masurca (surface to air missile))
was a first-generation naval surface-to-air missile system developed and used by the French Navy. Planned as the primary air defence missile system of the...
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DZ203 (category Air traffic control in the United Kingdom)
Hurn. It moved to RAF Defford in May 1942, and in July it was declared top secret for tests of a new US X band air-to-surface-vessel radar. Declared obsolete...
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Space-based radar or spaceborne radar is a radar operating in outer space; orbiting radar is a radar in orbit and Earth orbiting radar is a radar in geocentric...
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Q-5M and J-7E. Grifo-ASV (anti-surface vessel) and Grifo-X radars are the first series multifunctional fire control radars of Grifo family, and consists...
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Missile Vessels (NGMVs) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy. Under this programme the Indian Navy intends to acquire...
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SMART-S Mk2 (category Sea radars)
Radar for Tracking, S band Mk2) is a naval medium to long-range air and surface surveillance multibeam passive electronically scanned array 3D radar designed...
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