1. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51

   …t Watson-Watt 1935 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryScience]]: [[1900s]] Watson-Watt invented **RADAR** for the detection of enemy aircraft in 1935. Born April 13, 1892 in Brechin in Angus, [[Scotland]], he was a descendant of James Watt, t…
   …0 raids where fighters were launched, they only saw the target three times, and were never able to attack. == Aircraft detection and location == On February 12, 1935, Watson-Watt sent a memo of his proposed system to the Air Ministry, entitled Det…
   …for radar. By June they were detecting aircraft at 17 miles, which was enough to stop all work on competing sound-based detection systems. By the end of the year the range was up to **60 miles**, at which point plans were made in December to set up …

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