What did radar stand for?
The term RADAR was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an acronym for radio detection and ranging. During World War II, military pilots began using radar technology to detect enemy aircraft and ships. In response, pilots on the opposing side would fly at low altitudes to avoid radar detection. This tactic was called “flying under the radar.The full form of RADAR is Radio Detection And Ranging. It is an umbrella term for any remote sensing device used to detect the presence, position, size and speed of objects with the help of radio waves. The development of RADARs was spread out over several years between the late 1800s and mid-1900s.
Who created radar?
It is historically correct that, on June 17, 1935, radio-based detection and ranging was first demonstrated in Britain. Watson Watt, Wilkins, and Bowen are generally credited with initiating what would later be called radar in this nation. A CH (Chain Home) Radar Station on the East Coast By 1940 the chain was completed with the addition of Chain Home Low (CHL) stations, which could detect low-flying aircraft. Britain wasn’t alone in its use of radar; it had actually been invented in Germany.