Radar Tachnology

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impending attacks (Hoffman 17). The invention of the airplanes and its use for military purposes increased the need to have coping mechanism. The leading world powers of the day, such as the U.S, Germany, Britain, Japan, Russia and France were all involved in attempt to develop a way divert this threat or at least to buy sometime.

The invention of aircrafts and their use to deploy weapons immediately created the need for warning systems. In addition, in the earlier war, the world war one, submarines had demonstrated their catastrophic power because of their virtual invisibility (Hoffman 18). In addition, there was a need for the coast guards to know when ships were approaching, especially when they were out of the visual range or when weather conditions limited visibility.

Radio waves were proposed to be the best solution to the problem. However, many technical problems inhibit the application of radar technology in warfare. However, the necessity created by the impending ...

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because of a perceived need in the future. However, the early efforts failed to bear fruits and all proposed methods seemed to have some kind of fault. Despite all these, the government continued to fund research and this led to the discovery of the radar technology as well as innovations in the field of application. In the earlier years, government investment in research led to the discovery of radio waves as a means of transmitting information and thus paved the way for the later discovery of other uses, such as the tracking purpose employed by radar technology (Hoffman 23).

Factors that inhibited development of radar technology

Shortage of funds was a major obstacle. Though the ...

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