radar
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Monster Machines: The Early Warning Radar Systems That Defended WWII Britain
In 1940, less than a year after blitzkrieging its way through Poland and the rest of Western Europe, the Nazi army set its sights on the UK and commenced a vicious bombing campaign targeting the nation’s major cities. Luckily, the British Royal Air Force saw this threat coming and cleverly deployed a series of radio…
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Monster Machines: Raytheon’s Modular Missile Defence Snaps Together Like Lego Bricks
As the number and variety of air, space and surface-based threats to our naval fleets continue to proliferate, defending against them all is getting harder and harder. But equipped with this new unified threat detection system from Raytheon, our Arleigh Burke-class destroyers will know what’s coming from 30 times farther away.
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Laser And Radar Let Researchers Peer Deep Inside Ancient Roman Bridges
Ancient stone bridges dot the Spanish hills. Some are still in use, and all play a part in defining the region’s landscape and heritage. Now, researchers at Spain’s University of Vigo can examine the inner structures of these bridges without disturbing a single stone, thanks to some incredibly powerful imaging technology.
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Dolphins Inspire A New Kind Of Radar That Detects Hidden Electronics
Not only are they out there keeping fish populations under control and occasionally leading lost boaters to land, dolphins’ unique hunting techniques have also recently inspired a new kind of radar that’s able to pinpoint hidden electronics like bomb triggers and surveillance devices. Move over dogs, man’s officially found its new best friend.