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    The SG radar was a US Navy surface-search radar for large warships developed during the Second World War. The first operational set was installed aboard...
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    air-search radar, and an SG surface-search radar. During her early 1944 refit, she received an SK air-search radar in place of the CXAM and a second SG radar; her...
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  • The SG 550 is an assault rifle manufactured by SIG Sauer AG (formerly a division of Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft, now known as SIG Holding AG)...
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    radar and SG surface-search radar; the Iowa class was updated to make use of these systems between 1945 and 1952. At the same time, the ships' radar systems...
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  • Stargate SG-1 (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated SG-1) is a military science fiction adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's...
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    targets. A SK-2 early-warning radar was fitted on the ship's foremast; above it was a SG surface-search radar. The other SG radar was mounted at the top of...
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    "one on one" gunfight. Lee, who "knew more about radar than the radar operators", used the SG radar installed aboard Washington to skillfully maneuver...
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    on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. SG surface search radar, SC air search radar, and FC and FD fire-control radar sets for her main and secondary batteries...
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    targets. A SK-2 early-warning radar was fitted on the ship's foremast; above it was a SG surface-search radar. The other SG radar was mounted at the top of...
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    were never actually shipped. Initially, the Baltimores were equipped with SG radar systems for surface targets and SK systems for airborne targets. The range...
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    picked up an unidentified surface contact on her SG radar. At 19:43, about 11 minutes after the initial radar contact, Turner's lookouts made visual contact...
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    substantial improvement over the previous SD radar. The SJ was a variant of the SG surface search radar used on surface warships, contained in sets capable...
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    was criticized for not distributing his five ships that had the superior SG radar systems throughout his battle line, for not using one of them as his flagship...
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    (g): SG onboard; SG radar detects surface craft and is also useful for night navigation. (x): CXAM onboard; CXAM radar is a medium range radar to detect...
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    for the main battery, four Mark 4 radars for the secondary guns, a CXAM air-search radar, and an SG surface-search radar. During her early 1944 refit, she...
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    Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar on an Earth...
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    SG radar; they knew that their older meter band radars could not differentiate between the surface ships and the island and presumed Japanese radars were...
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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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    expected. Due to very poor visibility that morning, Texas relied on her SG radar equipment to determine her position and track for both navigation and gunnery...
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    Japanese ships with her SG radar at a range of 42,200 yards (38,600 m); eight minutes later her forward Mk 8 fire control radar began tracking the ships...
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  • radar Type 726 Radar navigation radar Type 751 Radar navigation radar Type 752 Radar navigation radar Type 753 Radar navigation radar Type 756 Radar navigation...
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    opportunity to revise the radar arrangements. The SK radar was moved to the rebuilt foremast and the forward SG radar was replaced by an SG-1 mounted at the top...
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    and the cruisers in the center. Five ships had the new, far-superior SG radar, but Callaghan's deployment put none of them in the forward part of the...
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    rear of his cruiser column, searching across a 300 degree arc with SG surface radar in an effort to gain positional advantage on the approaching enemy...
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    Interferometric synthetic-aperture radar Inverse synthetic-aperture radar Multi-user MIMO Optical heterodyne detection Radar MASINT Reconfigurable antenna...
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    The history of radar (where radar stands for radio detection and ranging) started with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed...
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    overhaul, additional rocket stowage racks, a second catapult, improved radar gear, new 40 mm gun mounts, a bomb elevator, and additional fire-fighting...
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    Radar New Energy Vehicle (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., commonly known as Radar Auto (Chinese: 雷达汽车; pinyin: Léidá qìchē) and Riddara outside China, is a subsidiary...
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    and a SG surface search radar added. The normal battleship configuration was present aboard North Carolina in April 1944, with SK and SG radars (air and...
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    consists of a command vehicle, target acquisition radar (TAR) vehicle, six transporter erector launcher and radar (TELAR) vehicles and three transporter erector...
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