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Radar is an acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging.

The history of this vital and multi-use technology dates back to the 1880s, but the first genuine break-through came during World War I when Scottish inventor, Robert Wilson-Watt, realised that radio signals were interrupted by passing aircraft. Over the next decade, various teams worked on what was termed ‘the fading effect’ and

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