Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar: Volume 2, Post-war British ASV Radars 1946-2000

by Simon Watts

Book Overview

Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW - Air to Surface Warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW - anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to the threat to shipping from German U-Boats. This book describes the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643270699
• ISBN13: 9781643270692
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Iop Concise Physics
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"