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From: "Tom C Robison"Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:04:30 -0500 Subject: History Channel Upcoming programs on the History channel: Sunday -- 09/12/1999 10:00/7:00 History Undercover. Top Secret: Spy Planes of the Cold War. Join host Arthur Kent as he uncovers new information about secret spy plane missions flown over communist territories during the Cold War. Over 10,000 missions were flown; many were tracked and attacked by the U.S.S.R., Red China, and North Korea. The most famous was C.I.A. agent pilot Gary Powers, shot down in 1960 over the Soviet Union. [TV G] Tuesday -- 09/14/1999 10:00/7:00 Stealth Technology. A look at the F-117 Stealth Fighter that led the pack for the Allies in the Gulf War and virtually decimated Baghdad. Find out how the technology allows it to approach its target without being detected by radar. Also, a look at the B-2 Stealth Bomber. (cc) [TV G] Thursday -- 09/16/1999 10:00/7:00 NORAD: The War Game Fortress. Takes you into the top-secret headquarters of America's nuclear missile warning center, hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado. (cc) [TV G] Tuesday -- 09/21/1999 10:00/7:00 Radar. Examines the history of radar, focusing on its role in the Allies' victory in WWII. From the Chain Home Network, rudimentary radar towers that ringed England's eastern coast, to the role of Boston's MIT in developing a smuggled English secret-- the cavity magnetron. (cc) [TV G]
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