APQ-7 Scope Image

The much improved resolution of the APQ-7 radar can be seen in this scope image from a mission over Japan at the end of World War II. This type of resolution could have greatly reduced the civilian loss of life had it been available earlier in the war. 
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The much improved resolution of the APQ-7 radar can be seen in this scope image from a mission over Japan at the end of World War II.
Type: Photograph
Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Origin: United States Army Air Corps
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The much improved resolution of the APQ-7 radar can be seen in this scope image from a mission over Japan at the end of World War II.