DocumentCode
1857374
Title
The origins of the proximity fuze
Author
Brown, L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Inst. of Washington, DC, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
7-12 June 1998
Firstpage
425
Abstract
The poor quality of antiaircraft artillery in 1940 could be traced to the uncertainties in determining the range to the target and in setting a time fuze accordingly. The proximity fuze eliminated these problems by sensing the presence of the aircraft.
Keywords
military aircraft; military equipment; radar applications; weapons; aircraft sensing; antiaircraft artillery; proximity fuze; range; time fuze; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Circuit testing; Frequency; Laser radar; Oscillators; Projectiles; Radar tracking; Uncertainty; Weapons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4471-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1998.705024
Filename
705024
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