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- Britain commenced radar research for aircraft detection in 1935. The British government encouraged engineers to proceed rapidly because it was quite concerned about the growing possibility of war. By September 1938 the first British radar system, the Chain Home, had gone into 24-hour operation, and it remained operational throughout the war.
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Britain wasn’t alone in its use of radar; it had actually been invented in Germany. What really gave Britain the edge was that Germany failed to recognise how vital radar was to the country’s defence.
Initially German bombers targeted radar and sector stations but by August 1940 Göring, believing these attacks ineffective, decided to concentrate on the bombing of British cities. Göring’s inability to grasp the vital role radar played in British air defence enabled the RAF to retain the advantage in the air.
Feb 26, 2020 · On February 26, 1935, British scientist Dr. Robert Watson-Watt performed a demonstration that was to lead directly to the development of radar by the British, a concept long anticipated by previous scientists and first demonstrated by German inventor Christian Hülsmeyer in 1904.
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May 14, 2000 · It shows that the early British experiments at Orfordness on the detection of aircraft by radar were turned with remarkable speed into a highly effective defence system (Chain Home – CH) in time for the outbreak of the war by the combined efforts of Watson-Watt, Tizard and Dowding.
In the early 1970s, a joint American-British project, code named Cobra Mist, used a 10-MW OTH radar at Orfordness (the birthplace of British radar), England, in an attempt to detect aircraft and missile launchings over the Western USSR.
May 21, 2015 · The radar invented by Robert Watson-Watt, was invaluable to the men who fought the Battle of Britain. The radar allowed Britain to track incoming German warplanes and gave Fighter Command, led by Sir Hugh Dowding, sufficient time to get airborne and attack them.
Jun 22, 2020 · The Dowding System allowed for British aircraft to only go up when German aircraft had been identified as close by. This meant that resources could be protected and allowed the pilots to recuperate. It relied upon the world's first radar, which was built to detect incoming aircraft.
