# Battle of the Beams **Entity class:** Event **Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition The Battle of the Beams was the British effort to detect, understand, and defeat German radio-beam bombing guidance during the Blitz. ## Chronological Proximity It unfolded in 1940 as the [[wiki/Cavity Magnetron|cavity magnetron]], [[wiki/Tizard Mission|Tizard Mission]], and [[wiki/National Defense Research Committee|NDRC]] were reorganizing Allied radar science. ## Relational Proximity R. V. Jones connected technical measurement with deception and countermeasure design, establishing a pattern later institutionalized by the [[wiki/Radio Research Laboratory|Radio Research Laboratory]]. ## Collection Routes [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] · [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research]].