Definition of Air search radar

1. Noun. A shipboard radar that searches for aircraft.

Generic synonyms: Naval Radar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Search Radar

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air quotes
air rage
air raid
air raid siren
air raids
air reconnaissance
air resistance
air ride
air rifle
air rifles
air rights
air sac
air scooter
air scooters
air search radar (current term)
air shaft
air shed
air sheds
air ship
air ships
air show
air shower
air shows
air sick
air sickness
air sign
air signs
air sleeve
air sock

Literary usage of Air search radar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dollars and Sense of Command and Control by Raymond C. Bjorklund (1995)
"The Sheffield had apparently turned off her air search radar because of interference with an onboard satellite communications terminal and left herself ..."

2. Surface Combatants: Navy Faces Challenges Sustaining Its Current Program by Carol R. Schuster (1998)
"The system's primary air search radar will be modified to allow it to search at higher elevations and for longer ranges and maintain its tracking on ..."

3. Drug Control: Heavy Investment in Military Surveillance Is Not Paying Off by Louis J. Rodrigues, Robert J. Stolba (2003)
"For example, over half of the hours were flown by P-3 maritime patrol aircraft that do not have an air-search radar. ..."

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