Ottawa’s thrifty (wink, wink)

In 1937 an English physicist, Reginald Jones, made a curious find. He discovered a tiny strip of aluminum triggered a 'blip' on radar. Jones theorized if one piece of tin foil confused detectors, a million might shut down an entire system. Putting the theory to the test, in July 1943 Allied bombe...

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