The XP-61's radar operator located targets on his scope and steered the unit to track them, vectoring and steering the pilot to the radar target via oral instruction and correction.
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Somewhat less informally, the RCS of a radar target is an effective area that intercepts the transmitted radar power and then scatters that power isotropically back to the radar receiver.
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The PA-28 was not in communication with Air Traffic Control, and was not transponder equipped, and there was no evidence it appeared as a primary radar target on the radarscope.
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Samford also stated that the unknown radar targets could be explained by temperature inversion, which was present in the air over Washington on both nights the radar returns were reported.
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A second system, a computer program that watches radar targets and warns a controller when a blip gets too low, is also supposed to protect planes in the United States.
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But they said it appeared that an SA-5 missile had simply missed its drone and continued flying, locking its radar onto the next large radar target it detected, the Siberian airliner.
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Enhanced radar positioning is achieved through the continuous automated process of correlating a multitude of radar targets with a list of known objects in the vicinity of a vessel, with known position.
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A signal may reflect such that it can be intercepted and fed into a friendly radar receiver, giving at least information on the presence of a radar target illuminated by the foreign transmitter.
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"' 9 : 32 "': Controllers at the Dulles Terminal Radar Approach Control in Virginia observe " a primary radar target tracking eastbound at a high rate of speed ", referring to Flight 77.
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The Test & Evaluation activities that remained were the Central Inertial Guidance Test Facility ( CIGTF ), the High Speed Test Track, the Radar Target Scatter Facility ( RATSCAT ), and the Target Drone Facility.
