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A Long and Illustrious History

Who developed radar?

AJohn Logie Baird
BSir Robert Watson-Watt
CSir Frank Whittle
DJames Watt

Explanation

Sir Robert Watson-Watt, a Scottish inventor, developed radar in the 1930s. He proposed that enemy aircraft could be detected by radio waves. The first successful radar test was in 1935.

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