![Ian Brown on Twitter: "Netherbutton Chain Home radar station became operational #OTD in 1939, 83 years ago, the first radar station in Orkney, placed to protect the Home Fleet in Scapa Flow Ian Brown on Twitter: "Netherbutton Chain Home radar station became operational #OTD in 1939, 83 years ago, the first radar station in Orkney, placed to protect the Home Fleet in Scapa Flow](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUOsCzDXsAMRsOG.jpg:large)
Ian Brown on Twitter: "Netherbutton Chain Home radar station became operational #OTD in 1939, 83 years ago, the first radar station in Orkney, placed to protect the Home Fleet in Scapa Flow
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Chain Home Radar Station near Dover from the air | aerial photographs of Great Britain by Jonathan C.K. Webb
The Chain Home Early Warning Radar System: A Case Study in Defense Innovation > National Defense University Press > News Article View
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