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To detect "the presence of distant metallic objects". (Taken from the Wikipedia page on Radar). You can read more about its beginning in the history section of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar#History
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∙ 10y agoIt was observed that radio reception was temporarily disturbed when metal aircraft flew by. Experiments to determine the cause of this phenomenon eventually lead to the development of RADAR.
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