Radar considered as a fine art

This paper argues that radar research is in many cases becoming a separate discipline from the development of the technologies used to design and manufacture radars. It argues that it is better that this separation is recognised for what it is rather than pretending it does not exist. Instead, it argues that this separation can be the stimulus for developing new ways of assessing radar designs which although not directly related to a customer´s explicit requirements, may yet lead to the design of better radars in the longer term.