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Antenna choices

Why did fighter radar change from parabolic antenna to slotted arrays ?
Example : F4 radar ( parabolic design )
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/F4D_VF-74_CVA-42_radar.jpg
F-16 radar ( slotted array design )
https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/aircraft/af-16/f16-old-radar.jpg
And why slotted array are still not as common as parabolic design for ground-based application ?
SA-15 still used (parabolic design)
http://warfare.be/0702ey70/update/feb2001/Torm1.jpg

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