ROTOR
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ROTOR was an elaborate air defence radar system built by the British Government in the early 1950s to counter possible attack by Soviet bombers. To get it operational as quickly as possible, it was in
Entrance bungalow to former ROTOR station at Kelvedon Hatch
Chain Home
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Chain Home, or CH for short, was the codename for the ring of coastal early warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force before and during the Second World War to detect and track aircraft. Ini
ROTOR
…attack by Soviet bombers. To get it operational as quickly as possible, it was initially made up primarily of WWII-era systems, notably the original Chain Home radars for the early warning role, and the AMES Type 7 for plotting and interception control. Data from these stations was sent to a network of control…
Chain Home at RAF Poling, West Sussex
Robert Watson-Watt's position with the National Physical Laboratory placed him at the centre of a network of researchers whose knowledge of radio physics was instrumental to the rapid development of radar.
Stanley Baldwin's 1932 comments on future aerial warfare led to a "feeling of defencelessness and dismay." It was the UK's concern about this issue that led to so much support being given to radar development while other countries had a much more lackadaisical approach until the war started.
A 1925 radio magazine photograph of Grindell-Matthews' death ray