surface search radar

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   a naval radar to search for surface targets

   Broadernaval radar

Questions about surface search radar

What does surface search radar mean?

surface search radar means "a naval radar to search for surface targets".

Is surface search radar a common word?

surface search radar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.