Assertion: proximity | /r/HasProperty | fuze
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text: Before the invention of the proximity fuze, detonation was induced by direct contact, a timer set at launch or an altimeter.
text: With a proximity fuze, the shell or missile need only pass close by the target at some time during its flight.
text: The proximity fuze makes the problem simpler than the previous methods.
text: The proximity fuze was one of the most important technological innovations of World War II.
text: While no one invention won the war, the proximity fuze must be listed among the very small group of developments, such as radar, upon which victory very largely depended.
text: It was understood that the limited application was not ideal; a proximity fuze would be useful on all types of artillery and especially anti-aircraft artillery, but they had very high accelerations.
text: The anti-aircraft artillery range at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico was used as one of the test facilities for the proximity fuze, where almost 50,000 test firings were conducted from 1942 to 1945.
text: The proximity fuze was developed through British and American cooperation in the early stages of World War II.
text: The proximity fuze sensed radar returns from the ground and triggered the explosive charge while the shell was still 20 to 50 feet (6 to 15 m) in the air.
text: The development of the proximity fuze, along with the introduction of electronically controlled aiming devices, greatly increased the accuracy of antiaircraft fire.
text: The third was the development of the proximity or VT (Variable Time) fuze.
text: James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy said, "The proximity fuze has helped blaze the trail to Japan.