The radar immediately saw the reflected energy from the MiG-25 and locked it up.
A more powerful radar can "see" better but could also be detected by an enemy.
What a radar "sees" depends on the character of the radar beam.
But neither radar nor the human eye could see over the horizon.
By the time the radar saw the missile, it would be too late to launch an interceptor.
His own radar couldn't see that far, because it was well under the horizon.
Baird listened, checking the orders against what the situation was as the radars saw it.
The radar, high on the superstructure, can see to a far greater distance.
The radar sees them, but the computer won't aim the gun.
Only military radars see the aircraft themselves, and what African country has a proper air-defense network?