Assertion: radar's beam | /r/CapableOf | decrease the detection range
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text: The U.S Federal Aviation Administration warns pilots, "The bending of radar pulses, often called anomalous propagation or ducting, may cause many extraneous blips to appear on the radar operator's display if the beam has been bent toward the ground or may decrease the detection range if the wave is bent upward.