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radar

[rey-dahr] / ˈreɪ dɑr /
NOUN
radio detecting and ranging
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Tehran has called its 19 islands in the 100-mile strait aircraft carriers, installing radar systems, airstrips and fuel depots, missile systems and naval launches for submarines and fast-attack boats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

If possible X-factor wildcards - Calvin Miller and Elliot Watt, for instance - were even the tiniest dot on Clarke's radar we'd have known it by now.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The year before, they flew their advanced radar to Yonaguni on Japanese military aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“Our entire war machinery — missiles, radar, fighter jets — all need these heavy rare earths,” O’Connor said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

After nearly ten hours in the air, his fuel running out, Maultsby put his plane down on a strip of ice at a government radar station in Kotzebue, on the western edge of Alaska.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin