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The 74 pages that link to Radar, each with the reason it gives.
Electromagnetic radiationRelated: Radar uses returned electromagnetic waves to estimate an object's range and motion.
Battle of the AtlanticRelated: Shipborne and airborne radar helped Allied forces locate submarines, including at night.
Vacuum tubeRelated: Specialized tubes generated and amplified the high-frequency power needed by early radar.
Air traffic controlRelated: Surveillance radar lets controllers track aircraft positions and movement.
KinematicsRelated: Repeated range and Doppler measurements reveal an object's motion.
Signal detection theoryRelated: Wartime radar operators faced the practical problem of separating weak echoes from noise.
Radio propagationRelated: Radar range and detection depend on signal propagation to a target and back.
Signal processingRelated: Signal processing extracts target range, velocity, and direction from returning echoes.
AzimuthRelated: Radar systems report a target's direction using azimuth alongside range and elevation.
William ShockleyRelated: During World War II, Shockley worked on radar-related research and military operations analysis.
Military aviationRelated: Airborne radar helps crews detect, track, and identify targets beyond visual range.
Radio transmitterRelated: Radar transmitters send pulses or waveforms whose returning echoes reveal targets.
ReflectionRelated: Radar infers targets from waves reflected back toward the transmitter.
Fighter aircraftRelated: Airborne radar helps fighters find, track, and target aircraft at a distance.
Vannevar BushRelated: Bush’s wartime research organizations coordinated major radar development programs.
Radio waveRelated: The delay and direction of echoes reveal an object's distance and position.
Active protection systemRelated: Radar can detect and track an approaching projectile before it reaches the vehicle.
Air defenseRelated: Radar commonly detects and tracks airborne threats before visual contact.
Cruise missileRelated: Low flight can limit radar line of sight and shorten the time available for detection.
MicrowaveRelated: Many radar systems use microwave frequencies for directional beams and useful target resolution.
Air-to-air missileRelated: Radar supplies target information and, for some guidance modes, illuminates the target.
Manchester BabyRelated: Williams’s wartime radar research led to the storage techniques adapted for the Baby.
Gulf of Tonkin incidentRelated: Erratic radar contacts contributed to the mistaken impression that attackers were approaching the destroyers.
Voltage-controlled oscillatorRelated: VCOs generate swept-frequency signals used in frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar.
AvionicsRelated: Aircraft use radar for weather detection, surveillance, and obstacle awareness.
Multirole combat aircraftRelated: Airborne radar can support both target interception and the detection of ground targets.
Proximity fuzeRelated: Radar principles provide a way to sense nearby targets.
Interceptor aircraftRelated: Radar often provides the first detection that sends an interceptor toward a target.
Battle of Cape EsperanceRelated: U.S. radar detected the approaching Japanese ships before visual contact.
BearingRelated: Radar reports target direction as an angular bearing from the sensor.
Military aircraftRelated: Airborne radar helps crews detect, track, and sometimes target objects at a distance.
Spectral analysisRelated: Doppler spectra reveal motion and distinguish targets from clutter.
Charles H. TownesRelated: Townes’s wartime radar work sharpened his interest in short-wavelength microwave sources.
Edward Mills PurcellRelated: Radar engineering trained Purcell’s group to generate and detect the radiofrequency signals used in resonance experiments.
Radian per secondRelated: Doppler and rotating-antenna calculations can use angular rates in radians per second.
Radio-frequency engineeringRelated: Radar depends on RF transmitters, receivers, antennas, and frequency-control circuits.
Cavity magnetronRelated: Cavity magnetrons made compact, high-power microwave transmitters practical for radar.
History of radioRelated: Radar grew from radio engineering into a major military and civilian application.
Man-portable air-defense systemRelated: Radar can cue operators to aircraft that are difficult to spot visually.
Mary CartwrightRelated: Wartime radar research prompted Cartwright and Littlewood to investigate nonlinear oscillations.
Strategic bomberRelated: Airborne radar supports navigation, target detection, and weapon delivery in poor visibility.
Unidentified flying objectRelated: Radar can provide evidence beyond eyesight, but its returns can also be ambiguous.
Electronic warfare aircraftRelated: Radar is a principal target of airborne detection, jamming, and deception.
George PorterRelated: Porter adapted electronic timing expertise gained during wartime radar work for rapid chemical measurements.
Heavy bomberRelated: Radar navigation and bombing equipment helped crews find targets in darkness and poor visibility.
Whirlwind IRelated: Radar supplied the changing aircraft observations that real-time defense computers had to process.
Air force modernizationRelated: Modern radar improves detection, tracking, and targeting across an air force.
Detection theoryRelated: Radar uses detection rules to decide whether echoes indicate targets amid clutter and noise.
K. Ferdinand BraunRelated: The cathode-ray tube became useful for displaying signals in later radar equipment.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Related: On later variants, onboard radar supported interception and missile employment.