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This paper proposes an error-constrained entropy-minimizing compensation framework to model radar\/UAV errors and their spatial coupling. The framework establishes closed-form gate association conditions based on the principle of entropy minimization, ensuring mutual consistency of false target measurements across multiple radars. Two strategies are proposed to reduce false target information entropy: 1. Zonal track compensation forms dense \u201cinformation entropy bands\u201d around each preset false target by inserting auxiliary deception echoes, enhancing mutual information concentration in the measurement space; 2. Formation jamming compensation adaptively reshapes the UAV swarm into regular polygons, leveraging geometric symmetry to suppress spatial diffusion of position errors. 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