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MICROWAVE EARLY WARNING RADAR [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

Other devices from the lab-automatic tracking radar for the antiaircraft gunners defending London; blind bombing radar that enabled the Allies to bomb in any weather; a microwave early warning system that could detect enemy planes over 100 miles away; and LORAN, a long range navigation system-also played important roles in the Allied victory.

Key term(s)
  • blind-bombing radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
CONT

Dans certaines variantes, des armes de plus gros calibre furent aussi installées, et la tourelle ventrale fût très souvent déposée pour permettre l'installation de matériel électronique comme le radar H2S pour le bombardement sans visibilité.

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