A smarter system of surveillance
Posted in: 2002, SAFrom June next year, a “smart” radar system will provide Australia with a clearer picture of the movements of aircraft and shipping more than 1500 kilometres off shore.
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Fine-tuning Australia’s defence radar with meteor showers
Posted in: 2000, NSWThe accuracy of Australia’s defence surveillance radar is being improved through the use of a new low cost technique that uses meteor showers. Meteor showers naturally occur in the earth’s atmosphere on a continuous basis, day and night, as space rocks hit the circle of atmosphere protecting the earth’s surface.