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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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