look-down, shoot-down
English
Etymology
From its capability of looking down from the intercepting aircraft to the ground and then shooting down the enemy.
Alternative forms
look-down shoot-down, look-down/shoot-down (also, nonstandardly, without hyphens)
Adjective
look-down, shoot-down
- Describing a phased-array radar powerful enough to pick aircraft out of ground clutter from high altitude.