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		iguy on Aug 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Packard Merlin: How Detroit Mass-Produced Britain’... In this vein, R V Jones "Most Secret War" is great if you haven't read it -- about the cat & mouse game of radar development, from a guy deeply involved: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033806QY/

gargravarr on Aug 22, 2018 [–]

Reading around, the stuff R V Jones got up to during that period makes for some entertaining stories!

E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beams

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