Basic Information
The Search Radar is a highly valuable tool, as it serves as an early-warning device for incoming missiles. Being able to detect missiles or ESM Towers at a staggering range of 600 blocks, the device will emit a redstone signal upon detection.
It will continue to emit this signal, until it doesn’t detect anything anymore.
Usage
In a comparitor, the Search Radar will read a signal of 8 if it is only detect an ESM Tower, and a signal of 15 if it detects both. However, do note that the Search Radar does not discriminate between the missiles that it detects, meaning it could detect your own missiles! To prevent this from occuring, you can whitelist certain launch frequencies to exclude them from detection.
NB! The whitelist mode must be enabled in order for this to work. Otherwise it will detect any missiles. The radar must also be placed above ground in order to work.
This radar requires 10 kW of electricity at 120 V.
Counter-Battery
You may use the Radar as a counter-battery against enemy ESM Towers. In order to do this, you input the radars location into your missile launcher control panel. When you’ve done this and connected the radar with redstone to said launcher, the silo will launch a missile upon a detected ESM Tower position. However, this will only work once, as the location in the control panel will be changed to the ESM Tower position.