[ARC5] Radio release of bombs

[J. Forster]

There was the famous 'Battle of the Beams'. I've forgotten the details, but they
used RF diathermy machines to modify the received signals at the German aircraft
to throw off the aim points. There was a parallel disinformation effort to spoof
the Germans into altering the aim points. If the Germans hit location A, it
would be reported in the media that they had hit location B. The Germans would
then alter their targeting and drop bombs into farm areas, not on the intended
targets.

See 'The Wizard War' or 'Instruments of Darkness' which has recently been
re-released I think.

-John


Gordon White wrote:

> wasn't that the Knickbein System, that the Brits used to  fox so the
> Germans dropped their bombs somewhere else?
>
> - Gordon