Word: radars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...existence or death," the factories in which "men and women toiled at the lathes . . . till they fell exhausted on the floor and had to be dragged away," the "vast intricate systems of fortifications . . . antitank obstacles, blockhouses," the secret rooms in which hidden scientists fought the "wizard war" of radar...
Cardenas called the last warning to all radio listeners: "B29 eight zero zero to NACA radar, Muroc Tower, F-80 chase aircraft. One minute warning...
...electronics, the radio spectrum has three main communications divisions: Medium Frequency, used for standard radio; Very High Frequency, used for television; Ultra High Frequency, now used for radar and airplane communication...
...guided missile, watching the ground by radar, could send a televised radar map to the satellite. A repeater on the satellite could relay the ever-changing map to the missile's launching place. When the target came into view, control officers, watching the relayed map, could send last-minute instructions, by microwave, and steer the missile down on the target's heart...
...narrower frame of U.S.-Canadian defense, two questions were up for discussion. Would the U.S. radar network be extended around Canada's Arctic? St. Laurent was worried about the cost-he had seen some plans for electronic expenditures so vast that they would leave no money for anything else. He promised that his government would respect U.S. leases on three Newfoundland bases when that island joins Canada on March 31. PM St. Laurent hoped that the U.S. would in turn respect Canada's rights, treating her "on a plane of equality...