Abstract
The first use of the 250-foot radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, an instrument designed for academic research, was as a radar, when it obtained echoes from the rocket launcher of Sputnik 1 in October 1957. It was soon realized that this was the only radar system capable of detecting intercontinental missiles soon after their launch from within the USSR. The Air Ministry then organized the installation of a more powerful radar on the telescope. It has been revealed only recently that for several years Jodrell Bank played a role in defence during a critical period of the Cold War.
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