Jack Johnson
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Im talking about older SAMs, like the SA-2 or the S-200. On older pictures of SAM sites I often see the P-35 "Bar Lock" radar paired with a PRW-13 „Odd Pair” height finder radar.
P-35 "Bar Locke": P-35 radar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PRW-13 "Odd Pair": PRW-13
How do these two work, are they actually responsible in guiding SAMs, or are they just for first detection? Normally it would be clear, the P-35 is for detection, and the PRW-13 for precise height determination. But sometimes there seems to be only a P-35, without a height finder...
And then there seem to be Radars like the "Fan Song" that can do both, despite being just as old: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Song"]Fan Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
P-35 "Bar Locke": P-35 radar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PRW-13 "Odd Pair": PRW-13
How do these two work, are they actually responsible in guiding SAMs, or are they just for first detection? Normally it would be clear, the P-35 is for detection, and the PRW-13 for precise height determination. But sometimes there seems to be only a P-35, without a height finder...
And then there seem to be Radars like the "Fan Song" that can do both, despite being just as old: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Song"]Fan Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]