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tracking radar

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tracking radar
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction


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A naval ship had been anchored near the impact point in the Bay of Bengal and a Long-Range Tracking Radar (LRTR) as well as a Multi-Function Tracking Radar (MFTR) had been deployed to track the missile's trajectory.
7-inch antiaircraft gun, right to the firing command, was a continuous loop from the 585 tracking radar, via the Bell Telephones Research Laboratories computer/ predictor sending the gunlaying information, including target altitude values for the automatic (radio proximity) fuse-setting device, and a signal to initiate auto-ammunition loading and breech closing.
The crooks fled after they were spotted walking alongside the dredger by two senior fisheries officers who were monitoring the estuary with night vision equipment and tracking radar.
 
 
 
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