索さく敵てき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

enemy search; reconnaissance

Military and technical term for actively searching for enemy forces, often used in contexts like naval, aerial, or radar reconnaissance. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive/intransitive verb.

• 艦かん隊たいは索さく敵てきのために偵てい察さつ機きを発はっ進しんさせた。

  The fleet launched reconnaissance planes to search for the enemy.

• レーダーで周しゅう