Episode 7

On Joan Curran's contribution to Top Gun's Maverick's chaffs

Joan Curran never wrote or published anything. Yet she helped save thousands of fighter pilots' lives by contributing to the development of chaffs (or 'window' as it was originally called). In this episode, Thomas Withington tells us about radars and chaffs, and how Joan Curan's research contributed.

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Alix Valenti

Alix Valenti is an international freelance defence journalist. Her main focus is on naval affairs, more specifically on identifying and discussing the latest technological trends in the naval industry and how those shape/are shaped by CONOPS. Alix holds a PhD in post conflict reconstruction.