OVERVIEW:  The SNOOP PLATE is a surface search and navigation radar operating in the NATO I-band (IEEE X-Band).

DETAILS:  The first post-war Soviet submarine search radar, SNOOP PLATE was the standard surface search radar until the early FOXTROT-class submarines

Specifications:

	Frequency:	 9267-9461 MHz (I-band (NATO))
	PRF:		1200-1800 pps
	Power: 		 80 kW (peak); ?? kW (average)
	Range:		10 nm  				
	Accuracy: 		??
			
NOTES:  IOC 1953 (approx.).   


SOURCES: Friedman, The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems 1997-98, pg. 330 ; NATO, CURRENT SOVIET BLOC ELECTRONIC EWUIPMENT, Vol A: SHIPBORNE, dtd 12 Feb 1968, pg. I-B-41.  Available at https://archives.nato.int/uploads/r/nato-archives-online/7/e/7/7e7bdc7569e4f683c39b35e1e3da9fcebf56096cfd1d8f73bc80df03e6b2f014/MC_0262_A_67_FINAL_ENG_PDP.pdf
