"look-down, shoot-down" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From its capability of looking down from the intercepting aircraft to the ground, and then shooting down the enemy. Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=look-down, shoot-down}} look-down, shoot-down (not comparable)
  1. Describing a phased-array radar powerful enough to pick aircraft out of ground clutter from high altitude. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: look-down shoot-down, look-down/shoot-down

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