# Carpet Jammers
**Entity class:** Technology
**Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]]
## Definition
Carpet jammers were airborne transmitters used to interfere with German early-warning and tracking radars during bombing operations.
## Chronological Proximity
They operated in the 1943–1945 period alongside [[wiki/Window Chaff|Window]], [[wiki/H2X Radar|H2X]], and the continued expansion of the German radar network.
## Relational Proximity
They targeted systems including [[wiki/Freya Radar|Freya]] and [[wiki/Mammut Radar|Mammut]], translating laboratory measurements into operational electromagnetic denial.
## 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]].