Lesson 7 — IADS Radar Taxonomy

The cast of radars inside an integrated air-defense system — EW, ACQ, HF, GCI, TTR, AI, TIR, seekers, and fuses — how to identify each from its band, PRF, and beam, the kill-chain link it advances, and where low-observable design buys the most coverage.

Reading

IADS Radar Taxonomy

The layered radar classes, their bands and PRF regimes, the kill-chain mapping, and the fourth-power LO impact.

Flashcards

Review deck

Key terms and relations from the lesson, in a self-test deck.

Pre-flight

Pre-flight quiz

Five questions to work before class — anyone can be called to the board.

Slides

Lesson slides

The deck we work through in class, as a PDF you can annotate.

Demo

IADS Coverage Explorer

Watch the layered coverage rings collapse as RCS drops, and read off the absolute kilometers LO buys at each layer.