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Detection system (5)

Ross

I think it could be either:

radar

sonar

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">detection system</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for radar that I've seen before include "System that detects and locates distant objects" , "Pulsed location-finder" , "beams" , "A help in locating" , "Locator of plane" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the Evening Standard and The Times.
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