Word: radars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trips this summer, an 8% increase over 1985. Many of those motorists are bound to indulge in a familiar American pastime: avoiding speed traps. Indeed, U.S. drivers in ever increasing numbers are turning for help in that unsporting effort to one of the hottest of automobile accessories, the miniature radar detector...
Once an obscure gadget found mostly on the dashboards of high-performance cars or in the cabs of long-haul trucks, the portable radar detector is fast becoming standard operating equipment in workaday Chevys, Fords and Toyotas. By beeping a warning whenever a police radar transmitter is operating nearby, the small (as light as 6 oz.) electronic gizmos give lead-footed drivers a chance to slow down before a police officer can spot a speeding violation. About 1.5 million citizens bought so-called Smokey detectors last year, a 25% increase over 1984. This year industry sales are expected to keep...
...first commercial radar detector was invented in 1968 by, fittingly enough, a disgruntled motorist who felt that he had been unfairly nabbed for speeding. Dale Smith, a Dayton-area electronics whiz, dubbed his creation Fuzzbuster I. The theory behind the device is simple. Police radar sets bounce a microwave beam off an approaching car or truck in order to measure the speed at which the vehicle is moving. The target must be in a direct line of sight with the radar transmitter before an accurate reading can be taken. The radar emissions, however, can be detected by a simple electronic...
Thornton and his colleagues have reason to be proud. Boeing's cruise missiles and AWACS radar planes are indispensable to the U.S. military, and the company's series of jetliners--descendants of the venerable 707--dominates the commercial airways. In fact, Boeing has manufactured 55% of all the passenger jets ever built in the free world. Thanks to a dedicated work force, astute management, attention to quality and a willingness to risk billions on research and development, Boeing shows no signs of losing altitude. Its sales soared last year by 32%, to $13.6 billion, while profits climbed even faster...
...crew members, resulted from a bizarre coincidence. The ministry said that the Sheffield's captain was on a communications hookup to naval headquarters at the precise moment an Argentine warplane fired an Exocet missile at the ship. The captain's unfortunately timed call had jammed the destroyer's radar system, allowing the craft to take a direct...