RADAR

RADAR
Type	Sensor Equipment
Tech Level	TL–5
Cost	varies
Size	varies
Weight	varies

RADAR is an acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging

• It is a type of Sensor

Description / Specifications

RADAR is a sensor system that bounces radio waves (electromagnetic energy) off of a target and detects the reflection.

• It is an active sensor.
• RADAR performance can be impaired by atmospheric conditions: all-weather RADAR has improved function in a variety of environmental conditions.
• RADAR apparatus can be specifically designed to perform a specialist role, such as Terrain Following RADAR.
• More advanced versions of RADAR may be capable of tight beam transmissions.

RADAR broadcasts can be detected by many sensor systems and targeted by RADAR direction finders.

RADAR can be countered by EMM (electromagnetic masking – "stealth" technology) and confused or overwhelmed by RADAR Jammers.

History & Background / Dossier

RADAR is available from TL-5 onwards.

RADAR is limited by realspace physics. The EM broadcasts that the RADAR produces take time to reach their target and their echoes take an equal amount of time to bounce back to the sensor apparatus.

• A RADAR broadcast travels at approximately 300,000 km per second. For example, a RADAR tracking a target at a distance of 900,000 km will have a signal delay of 6 seconds (3 seconds for the EM broadcast to reach the target and 3 seconds for its echoes to return).

References & Contributors / Sources

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• MegaTraveller Referee's Manual, (Game Designers Workshop 1987) p68
• Fire, Fusion, & Steel, Traveller The New Era, (Game Designers Workshop 1987) p50
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science