To: PAR35
The Brits were a little ahead of the US with radar, and we drew on their work. I believe Raytheon was central to our effort.
76 posted on
03/25/2007 6:48:44 PM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
Bit before my time, but this isn't the Royal Navy that rescued the lads aboard the Altmark :^(
82 posted on
03/25/2007 7:04:45 PM PDT by
investigateworld
(Those Border Patrol guys will do more time than the worst Jap POW camp commander, thanks Bush!.....)
To: Cicero
The Brits were a little ahead of the US with radar, and we drew on their work.Radar is one of those things where there were parallel developments in multiple countries. There is a brief article from the BBC here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A591545
84 posted on
03/25/2007 7:11:04 PM PDT by
PAR35
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