What is military radar?

In warning system: Radar. Radar is used in fighter aircraft for finding enemy aircraft and controlling air-to-air missiles, rockets, and guns . It is used in bombers to find surface targets, fixed or moving, and to navigate and avoid obstacles.

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How far can radar detect?

This permits target detection at distances from about 500 to 2,000 nautical miles (900 to 3,700 km) . Thus, an HF over-the-horizon (OTH) radar can detect aircraft at distances up to 10 times that of a ground-based microwave air-surveillance radar, whose range is limited by the curvature of the Earth.

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