Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar, Volume 1: British ASV radars in WWII 1939-1945

by Simon Watts

Book Overview

Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally airborne maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW-anti-surface warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW-anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to the threat to shipping from German U-boats. This book describes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643270680
• ISBN13: 9781643270685
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"