WordNet
surface search radar
n. a naval radar to search for surface targets
Usage examples of "surface search radar".
Walking through the all-important Combat Communications Center-the C-Three-he recognized control boards for a SPS-67(V) surface search radar system and a SPS-49 (V) air search radar system as well as a LN-66 navigation radar.
Each Orion employed very powerful surface search radar and carried four Harpoon missiles.
The SPS-64 surface search radar also held contact on its intended target, a small coastal command and control communications ship owned by the Cuban navy.