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The detection performance of ground-based radar using the LSS target detection technique can be significantly deteriorated by the diversity of LSS targets, background clutter, and the occurrence of false alarms caused by multipath interference. To address the LSS target detection problem, we have devised a novel two-dimensional electronic scanning active phased array radar system that is implemented in the software-defined radar architecture and propose a transmit beam control algorithm based on the low peak-to-average ratio (PAPR). Meanwhile, we devised a flexible arbitrary radar waveform generator to adapt to complex environmental situations. Field experiment results effectively demonstrate that our radar can be used to detect LSS targets. 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