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RADAR

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The History of Radar

Radar was used to track commercial aircraft so air traffic controllers could avoid collisions and control all the planes taking off and landing at commercial airports. Radar jamming is nothing more than sending out a radio signal on the same wavelength in an attempt to overwhelm a radar receiverSo it can't pick up the reflected radio signal. Stealth technology is a collection of different methods to make planes or ships invisible to radar. The first famous use of radar for weather forecasting was in 1961, when a young local Texas reporter by the name of Dan Rather went to a weather radar facility in Galveston, Texas.

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