<HTML>In der internationalen Zeitschrift The Christian Science Monitor
findet sich (3.6.2004) ein interessanter Artikel, der aufzeigt, dass die erfolgreiche Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie und der 2. Weltkrieg durch die damals neue Mikrowellentechnologie mit entschieden wurde. Schon vor 60 Jahren war die Basistechnik für Mikrowellenwaffen vorhanden und funktionierte!
How a tube and a slide rule helped win WWII [
www.csmonitor.com]
Auszüge:
"The B-17 bomber was equipped with microwave radar, which allowed Allied pilots to 'see' their targets, whatever the weather or time of day. As a result, bombing campaigns increased.”
“Sixty years later, as Americans commemorate D-Day, few know about Mickey - the nickname for the latest in a newly developed family of microwave radars that helped change the course of the war.”
“Small enough to be mounted in aircraft and accurate enough to 'see' individual targets, microwave radar allowed the Allies to clear the sea lanes, get American troops and supplies to England, and then land those troops and weapons safely on a coastline occupied by the enemy. Without microwave radar, it's not clear that the Allies could have mounted the invasion of France in 1944.”
“The technology - still used in some radars today …”</HTML>
