Lesson 18 — Active Deception

Trade shouting for lying. Instead of burying the real return in noise, deception hands the radar a convincing false one and lets it track that — built on DRFM, walked off the target with range-gate pull-off, and fought back by leading-edge tracking.

Reading

Active Deception

Deception vs noise, the DRFM repeater, range- and velocity-gate pull-off, false targets and decoys, and the radar counters.

Flashcards

Review deck

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

Demo

DRFM Deception

Capture a pulse, plant a cover pulse, then ramp the delay to walk the range gate off the target and blink off.

Pre-flight

Pre-flight quiz

Pre-class check, due before the lesson. Counts toward your IP grade.