Explore: Radar Targets

discriminating actual targets from noise signals. Clutter refers to radio frequency (RF) echoes returned from targets which are uninteresting to radar operators.

hit a target. They are sometimes known as narrow beam radars, targeting radars, tracking radars, or in the UK, gun-laying radars. If the radar is used

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friendly targets. Modern counter-battery radar can locate hostile batteries up to about 50 kilometres (31 mi; 27 nmi) away depending on the radar's capabilities

the original radar signal off the targets, the "skin return" or "skin reflection", making it impossible to pick out the target on the radar display. This

amount of radar energy back to the source. The factors that influence this include: the material with which the target is made; the size of the target relative

Moving target indication (MTI) is a mode of operation of a radar to discriminate a target against the clutter. It describes a variety of techniques used

During World War II, radar operators discovered that weather was causing echoes on their screens, masking potential enemy targets. Techniques were developed

individual target detections to form a joint detection. Due to the un-cooperative nature of the targets, there is potential, if several targets are present

Over-the-horizon radar (OTH), sometimes called beyond the horizon radar (BTH), is a type of radar system with the ability to detect targets at very long ranges