backscatter radar

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backscatter radar [′bak¦skad·ər ′rā‚där]

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An over-the-horizon radar system designed primarily to detect an enemy missile attack from far beyond the horizon, by detecting radio energy reflected from the ionosphere disturbance created by the missiles.

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