Giraffe radar family

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The Giraffe radar family is a series of Swedish-made, mobile air-defense and surveillance radar systems designed to detect and track aerial threats for military forces.

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GIRAFFE radar family 1
Giraffe radar 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air‑defense radar system
radar system family
surveillance radar system
category air‑defense equipment
ground‑based radar
military electronic system
countryOfOrigin Sweden
deploymentPlatform mast‑mounted system
shelter‑mounted system
truck‑mounted system
designedFor air defense
air surveillance
battlefield air‑defense coordination
introducedAs successor to earlier Swedish ground‑based radars
manufacturer Saab AB
Saab Surveillance
surface form: Saab Electronic Defence Systems
marketedBy Saab Surveillance
mobility mobile
nameAlsoSpelled Giraffe radar family self-linksurface differs
surface form: GIRAFFE radar family
notableVariant Giraffe 1X
Giraffe 40
Giraffe 4A
Giraffe 50AT
Giraffe 8A
Giraffe AMB
operatingDomain ground‑based air defense
originLanguageOfName Swedish
primaryFunction detection of aerial threats
tracking of aerial threats
providesCapability air picture generation
early warning of air attack
target tracking for surface‑to‑air missiles
sensorType active electronically scanned array
technologyType 3D radar
phased‑array radar
typicalTargets cruise missiles
fixed‑wing aircraft
helicopters
unmanned aerial vehicles
usedBy Swedish Armed Forces
usedFor medium‑range air defense
short‑range air defense

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Giraffe radar family nameAlsoSpelled Giraffe radar family self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GIRAFFE radar family
Royal Australian Artillery notableEquipment Giraffe radar family
this entity surface form: Giraffe radar
Saab AB product Giraffe radar family
Saab Surveillance productLine Giraffe radar family