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BACKGROUND DATA COLLECTION [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
  • Electronic Warfare
OBS

While the main mission of Canews [Canadian EW system] is to provide instantaneous threat detection, identification and warning, it will also be used for ELINT purposes to build up and update a threat data bank. A main library, which can hold information on up to 2,000 radar modes, is used for background data collection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
  • Guerre électronique

Spanish

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