Window radar countermeasures
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Window radar countermeasures were a World War II-era British electronic warfare technique that used clouds of metallic strips to confuse enemy radar and protect Allied aircraft.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
electronic warfare technique
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military technology → radar countermeasure → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Düppel
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chaff → |
| category |
World War II British inventions
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aerial warfare tactics → military deception techniques → |
| classifiedStatus |
highly secret before first use
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| deploymentMethod |
dropped from aircraft
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| designedToCounter |
airborne interception radar
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ground-based radar → |
| developedBy |
Royal Air Force
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| developmentContext |
British radar and electronic warfare research
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| effect |
create false radar echoes
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mask real aircraft positions → |
| era |
World War II era
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| firstMajorUse |
Operation Gomorrah
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| firstMajorUseConflict |
Allied bombing of Hamburg
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| firstMajorUseLocation |
Hamburg
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| influenced |
modern electronic countermeasures
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postwar chaff techniques → |
| introducedInYear |
1943
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| madeOf |
aluminium foil strips
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metallic strips → metallised paper strips → |
| operationalUse |
night bombing operations
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strategic bombing raids over Germany → |
| principleOfOperation |
creation of radar clutter
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radar signal reflection → |
| purpose |
confuse enemy radar
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protect Allied aircraft → |
| reasonForSecrecy |
fear enemy would copy the technique
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| relatedTo |
electronic countermeasures
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radar deception → radar jamming → |
| tacticalEffect |
complicated enemy fighter interception
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reduced accuracy of enemy anti-aircraft fire → |
| usedAgainst |
German radar
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| usedBy |
Allied forces
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Royal Air Force Bomber Command → Royal Navy → United States Army Air Forces → |
| usedDuring |
World War II
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| usedInTheater |
European Theater of Operations
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Mediterranean Theater of Operations → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Telecommunications Research Establishment
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