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AN/BPS-12

Country of Origin: USA

The AN/BPS-12 is a medium-range surface search and navigation radar that was found on older U.S. attack submarines and now is only deployed on two Turkish submarines. The BPS-12 is a modified BPS-5 and is similar to the BPS-14 radar. It uses both a periscope antenna and a conventional antenna.

No longer in service or production. It was last in service in the United States on the U.S. SKIPJACK (SSN-585) class (decommissioned in 1990), U.S. BARBEL (SS-580) class (decommissioned in...

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