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anti-radar

American  
[an-tahy-ray-dahr, an-tee-] / ˈæn taɪˈreɪ dɑr, ˈæn ti- /

adjective

  1. designed to detect and interfere with the signals coming from a radar or returning to it.


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The search may have been hampered by the plane's anti-radar stealth capabilities and technology that wipes the jet's communications system if a pilot ejects.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2023

The Chinese jet then released "chaff" - an anti-radar device which includes small pieces of aluminium which entered the Australian plane's engine.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2022

Relying on background signals to detect objects has an advantage in stealth operations: no pulse is sent out to alert anyone to what you are doing, or attract an anti-radar missile.

From Economist Mar. 14, 2013

During the Haiphong raid, an anti-radar missile that was intended to strike a Communist antenna accidentally homed in on the guided missile frigate Warden.

From Time Magazine Archive

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