SG radar
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sg-radar-179-16232910
title:
SG radar
text:
The SG radar was a US Navy surface-search radar for large warships developed during the Second World War. The first operational set was installed aboard the heavy cruiser USSÂ Augusta in April 1942. It was the first Navy radar to use S-band (microwave) frequencies and the first surface-search radar to be equipped with a plan position indicator (PPI), the ancestor of virtually all modern radar displays. The radar was developed by Raytheon under the guidance of the MIT Radiation Laboratory and Nava
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description:
American surface-search radar
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG_radar
date created:
2022-11-09T22:40:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T03:33:48Z
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