Ground-controlled interception
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title:
Ground-controlled interception
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Ground-controlled interception (GCI) is an air defence tactic whereby one or more radar stations or other observational stations are linked to a command communications centre which guides interceptor aircraft to an airborne target. This tactic was pioneered during World War I by the London Air Defence Area organization, which became the Royal Air Force's Dowding system in World War II, the first national-scale system. The Luftwaffe introduced similar systems during the war, but most other combat
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System for intercepting hostile aircraft
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-controlled_interception
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2024-02-13T21:54:08Z
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