Communications, Radar & Electronic Warfare (201.. - Index of

8Communications, Radar and Electronic WarfareGood coverageout to sea _ _ -Coverage limitedby terrain and clutterFigure 1.5 Illustration of a hip USing radar close to shore. The coverage of the radar over the land islimited by the effect of terrain uch as hill and al50 by radio clutter, which adds noi5e and obscuresgenuine target.focused entirely on the possibility of a major European or World war that would beessentially na ty, brutish and hort.The major characteristics of this scenario are worth analysis to see howthey influenced radio network architecture and radio de ign. These characteristicsincluded:• It would take place in a known environment. Thi wa true for the land, air and navalconflict. Although there was the possibility of some variation from the central script,actions and responses were well practiced and known.• It would be of particularly high intensity. This would have been particularly true inthe Forward Edge of Battle Area (FEBA). Thi would have meant congestedairwaves, little time to detect and assess radio targets of interest and a very difficultspectrum management regime. In practice, this meant that dynamic spectrum