Armor

Early Warning Radar

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Figure 1: Two “Armor” radars on the French ship “Monge” (A 601)© 1992 Wikipedia User Mosbatho cut of https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Tracking_radars_of_the_French_vessel_Monge.jpg&oldid=919370709

Basic Information

Name

Armor

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Equipment Type

Early Warning Radar

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Date of Introduction

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Description

Armor is an early warning, instrumentation, and tracking radar designed for measuring the trajectory of ballistic missiles. Operating in the C-band (5.4–5.9 GHz), also known as the G-band by NATO, it features a large instantaneous bandwidth and a monopulse antenna with a 10-meter Cassegrain reflector. Its transmitter utilizes a wideband traveling wave tube (TWT) driver stage and a high-power klystron final stage, delivering a peak power of 2 MW. Two Armor radar sets, each weighing 47 metric tons, are installed on the French research vessel Monge (A 601).

Ground Specifications

Range 6000.0 km

Technical Characteristics

frequency 5.4 … 5.9 GHz (C band)

pulse repetition frequency (PRF) 0.5 … 100 µs

peak power 2 MW

instrumented range 6 000 km

accuracy 1 m

beamwidth 0.37°

Details

Category Air Defense Radars

Land > Radars > Air Defense Radars

Sources

radartutorial.eu: https://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/01.oth/karte037.en.html

Classification

Domain

Ground

Equipment Status

Active

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