side-looking radar

side-looking radar

[′sīd ¦lu̇k·iŋ ′rā·där] (engineering) A high-resolution airborne radar having antennas aimed to the right and left of the flight path; used to provide high-resolution strip maps with photographlike detail, to map unfriendly territory while flying along its perimeter, and to detect submarine snorkels against a background of sea clutter.