Searchlight Control radar
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searchlight-control-radar-162-11267386
title:
Searchlight Control radar
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Searchlight Control, SLC for short but nicknamed "Elsie", was a British Army VHF-band radar system that provided aiming guidance to an attached searchlight. By combining a searchlight with a radar, the radar did not have to be particularly accurate, it only had to be good enough to get the searchlight beam on the target. Once the target was lit, normal optical instruments could be used to guide the associated anti-aircraft artillery. This allowed the radar to be much smaller, simpler and less ex
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_Control_radar
date created:
2017-12-19T18:31:08Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T11:49:52Z
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