Originally Posted by Green Meat
Blue Circle was our first look-down, drop-down radar. Its range was oddly allied to the altimeter and was far better than than the later US look-down, shoot-down radars as it combined the wiggly amps (worms?) bit with an inbuilt anti-ecm capability in one handy sack-like package.
Mind you, tended to work a bit faster with water ingress around the radome...
I can't believe you've just given away one of our biggest cold war secrets!!!
