Data mile
Encyclopedia
In radar
-related subjects and in JTIDS, a data mile is a unit of distance equal to 6000 feet (1.8288 kilometre
), or 0.987 nautical mile
s. An international mile is exactly 0.88 of a data mile.
Radar
Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
-related subjects and in JTIDS, a data mile is a unit of distance equal to 6000 feet (1.8288 kilometre
Kilometre
The kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second...
), or 0.987 nautical mile
Nautical mile
The nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...
s. An international mile is exactly 0.88 of a data mile.