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High Resolution Radar Imaging using Coherent MultiBand Processing Techniques Philip van Dorp, Rob Ebeling, Albert G. Huizing Radar Department TNO Defence, Security and Safety The Hague, The Netherlands philip.vandorp@tno.nl Abstract— High resolution radar imaging techniques can be band, as is shown in Table I. Only X-band radars are able to used in ballistic missile defence systems to determine the type of provide the desired range resolution. ballistic missile during the boost phase (threat typing) and to discriminate different parts of a ballistic missile after the boost phase. The applied radar imaging technique is 2D Inverse TABLE I. MAIN RADAR FREQUENCY BANDS Synthetic Aperture Radar (2D-ISAR) in which the Doppler Radar Frequency Resolution shifts of various parts of the ballistic missile are employed to Band (MHz) (cm) obtain a high cross-range resolution while the resolution in L 1215 – 1400 81 downrange is achieved with a large radar bandwidth. For a S 2700 – 3400 21 10 cm downrange resolution, a radar bandwidth of more than C 5250 – 5820 25 X 8500 – 10400 8 1.5 GHz is required. However, this requirement