Down Beat**

The Down Beat** (Soviet Leninets PN) was an aircraft bombing and navigation radar employed to target the AS-4 Kitchen** anti-ship and later air-to-surface missiles. Its original platform was the Tu-22K (NATO Blinder -B**). A later version, the Leninets PNA, flew in the Tu-22M Backfire **.

In practice, the Down Beat was activated only for as long as necessary for a lock on the target. If used for any longer, an EA-6B , or similarly equipped aircraft, would be able to either jam...