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  2. Eglin AFB Site C-6 - Wikipedia

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    Eglin AFB Site C-6 is a United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system(s), and radar control equipment designed and constructed for the U.S. Air Force by the Bendix Communications Division, Bendix Corporation.

  3. Ballistic Missile Early Warning System - Wikipedia

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    The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was a radar system built by the United States (with the cooperation of Canada and Denmark on whose territory some of the radars were sited) during the Cold War to give early warning of a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nuclear strike, to allow time for US bombers to get off the ground and land-based US ICBMs to be launched, to ...

  4. TERCOM - Wikipedia

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    TERCOM "maps" consist of a series of squares of a selected size. Using a smaller number of larger squares saves memory, at the cost of decreasing accuracy. A series of such maps are produced, typically from data from radar mapping satellites. When flying over water, contour maps are replaced by magnetic field maps. [citation needed]

  5. United States general surveillance radar stations - Wikipedia

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    Lashup Radar Network radar stations, the radar stations deployed 1950-2 when the "Radar Fence" Plan was not approved; Temporary radar net, the "five-station radar net" established in 1948; Army Radar Stations, World War II installations of the Aircraft Warning Service with radars (cf. filter centers, Ground Observer Corps stations, etc.) By usage:

  6. List of radars - Wikipedia

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    AN/APY-6 multi-mode high resolution surveillance radar by Northrop Grumman for United States Naval Research Laboratory NP-3C AN/APY-7 solid state version of AN/APY-3 under development for E-8C AN/APY-8 synthetic aperture radar by Sandia National Laboratories for General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper nicknamed as lynx [ 80 ] [ 81 ]

  7. Category:Military radars of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Radars of the United States Air Force (1 C, 72 P) Pages in category "Military radars of the United States" The following 195 pages are in this category, out of 195 total.

  8. North Warning System - Wikipedia

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    The North Warning System (NWS, French: Système d'alerte du nord) is a joint United States and Canadian early-warning radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It provides surveillance of airspace from potential incursions or attacks from across North America's polar region.

  9. Air Route Surveillance Radar - Wikipedia

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    The Air Route Surveillance Radar is a long-range radar system. It is used by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to control airspace within and around the borders of the United States. The ARSR-4 is the FAA's most recent (late 1980s, early 1990s) addition to the "Long Range" series of radars.