... today we take it for granted that steely-eyed technicians and computers are always scanning the far horizons for threats. But that system took a long time and a lot of money to build. In the early years of the Cold-War radar coverage was neither complete or reliable.
This accounts for much of the fear of 'sneak-attack' morosely intoned in pop-culture and propaganda.
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