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SOSTAR (stand-off surveillance and target acquisition radar)
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SOSTAR (stand-off surveillance and target acquisition radar) was designed for surveillance of a large area at long-range.
The aircraft that carried the SOSTAR were to fly at high altitudes and look to one side, continuously monitoring a wide area with a moving target indicator (MTI) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) modes. Special interest areas could be scanned more thoroughly with fast sector scan or can be imaged using the spotlight mode.
Detected targets could be tracked...
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