diff --git a/game/theater/theatergroundobject.py b/game/theater/theatergroundobject.py
index 00e3953d..1d1f0ffc 100644
--- a/game/theater/theatergroundobject.py
+++ b/game/theater/theatergroundobject.py
@@ -143,12 +143,11 @@ class TheaterGroundObject(MissionTarget):
         return False
 
     @property
-    def has_alive_radar(self) -> bool:
-        """Returns True if the ground object contains a unit with radar."""
+    def has_live_radar_sam(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns True if the ground object contains a unit with working radar SAM."""
         for group in self.groups:
-            for unit in group.units:
-                if db.unit_type_from_name(unit.type) in UNITS_WITH_RADAR:
-                    return True
+            if self.threat_range(group, radar_only=True):
+                return True
         return False
 
     def _max_range_of_type(self, group: Group, range_type: str) -> Distance:
diff --git a/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner.py b/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner.py
index 027230ed..91c50e5d 100644
--- a/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner.py
+++ b/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner.py
@@ -628,16 +628,17 @@ class CoalitionMissionPlanner:
 
             # Only include SEAD against SAMs that still have emitters. No need to
             # suppress an EWR, and SEAD isn't useful against a SAM that no longer has a
-            # radar.
+            # working track radar.
             #
-            # For SAMs without radar and EWRs, we still want a SEAD escort if needed.
+            # For SAMs without track radars and EWRs, we still want a SEAD escort if
+            # needed.
             #
             # Note that there is a quirk here: we should potentially be included a SEAD
             # escort *and* SEAD when the target is a radar SAM but the flight path is
             # also threatened by SAMs. We don't want to include a SEAD escort if the
             # package is *only* threatened by the target though. Could be improved, but
             # needs a decent refactor to the escort planning to do so.
-            if isinstance(sam, SamGroundObject) and sam.has_alive_radar:
+            if sam.has_live_radar_sam:
                 flights.append(ProposedFlight(FlightType.SEAD, 2, self.MAX_SEAD_RANGE))
             else:
                 flights.append(