height-finder radar

One that indicates the precise height of a target. It has a multilobe beam nodding aerial. Most modern radars are 3-D (three-dimensional) and have a height-finding function built into them.

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In another theory making the rounds along these lines, sources said that if the SA-6 operators were clever, they may have gleaned some targeting information from their Long Track tactical early warning radar and their Thin Skin nodding height-finder radar. The sources said it was possible for these two systems to pass along limited targeting information to the Straight Flush fire-control radar without either pilot knowing that he was being targeted.

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