Description Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally Maritime Surveillance radars, are installed on Maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASu W - Air to Surface Warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW - anti-submarine warfare).
This book describes the ASV Radars developed in the UK after WWII (1946-2000) and used by the RAF for long-range Maritime surveillance..
Such Radars were first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to the threat to shipping from German U-Boats.
Description Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally Maritime Surveillance radars, are installed on Maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASu W - Air to Surface Warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW - anti-submarine warfare)