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measurement of UHF propagation effects in the ionosphere, the impact of refraction close to the horizon, the effect of
Faraday rotation on polarization, and the impact of backscatter from meteors and the aurora on the detection performance of the radar and its false-alarm rate . … In the early 1960s, the Millstone radar was converted from a UHF to an L-band system. …the Air Force in the 1960s sponsored the development of Haystack, a versatile facility in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, that supports radar- and radio-astronomy research and the national need for deep-space surveillance.
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21 deep. … 34,500 kilowatt steam generating plant. The floating power plant performed emergency service after hurricanes in
Florida and Puerto Rico before its sides were sprayed with four inches of insulation and it was towed to Thule most of the electricity feeds three miles of steam heating lines as well. …earth embankment its private lagoon … roller brackets…welded to the side…run on steel pilings driven into the bottom of the bay. … A private contractor, Burns & Roe, Inc., of New York, runs the ship for RCA.
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Concrete. The 278-acre installation... In 1977, the operation of the PAR Site was transferred to the Air Force ADC... After the elimination of ADC in 1979, PARCS was transferred to SAC. In 1983, the site became a part of AFSPC (and was officially redesignated Cavalier AS). The land at Cavalier is leased from the Army. ...Missile Site Radar (MSR) at Grand Forks
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Missile Impact Predictor computers and was complete by September 1984. After being contracted for Thule on 29 July 1983; construction of an AN/FPS-120 Early Warning Radar was started on 7 November 1984, the "array plate" was complete on 26 June 1985, and the 1st satellite track was on
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had been installed at the Thule and Clear BMEWS sites by 10 February 1961. After local interference (e.g., "cranes and floor waxers") and equipment problems were mitigated and a 72-hour test verified "the automatic rearward data transmission" (BRCS), the 1961 "authorization to begin fully automatic
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The radar beam is electronically steered to a programmed location. This process, accomplished in milliseconds, increases capabilities and decreases response time. Each radar face provides 120 degrees azimuth coverage, for a total of 240 degrees coverage. The antenna is inclined +20 degrees for scan
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Electric Products for the data take-off unit and the missile impact predictor, and Goodyear Aircraft for the tracking radar antenna, pedestal and domes. Thule power ship was "Hull No. 2150, Froeming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, 1945…built as a 5,000 ton freighter, 338 feet long, 50 broad and
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an engineer we'll call "Q" didn't follow instructions "for routining a TD2 transmitter and receiver." He enclosed diagrams showing what went wrong. There was no "500A termination on the
Channel Dropping Network when he was running the Radio Frequency (RF) Sweep Generator to adjust the equipment."
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was contracted for heavy construction (e.g., the AN/FPS-50 reflector foundations and tunnels between transmitter buildings), and construction began in May 1958 (a trial reflector installation failed due to ordinary carbon steel bolts instead of 1.5% chrome steel.) The maintenance building with
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Millstone radar served as a development model for RCA's AN/FPS-49, AN/FPS-49A, and AN/FPS-92 radars, all of which were used in the BMEWS. … Millstone was used to develop a fundamental understanding of several important environmental challenges facing the BMEWS. These challenges included the
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was notified on 23 April 1960 of "construction work at Thule on schedule all technical buildings have been accepted and emplacement of the electronic components is underway erection of the four radar antennas was completed", and radar testing began on 16 May 1960—a simplex vacuum tube
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That generator leaked RF into the
Channel Separating Filter "interfering with all the other transmitters in the Black Forest Microwave Station, causing a complete failure of all channels going to Ent. SAC scrambled all aircraft. Later SAC billed AT&T for all the fuel used."
333:(ADC) that BMEWS was an "all-out program" and was "...being placed on the Department of Defense master urgency list." On 14 January 1958, the US announced its "decision to establish a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System" with Thule to be operational in 1959—total Thule and
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operation; effective 2400 hours GMT 31 January, was issued" "Lt. Col. Harry J. Wills senior air force officer on the project at Thule" on 3 January 1961 ("BMEWS deputy program director" by 1964—he was reassigned from the BMEWS SPO to the "Space Track SPO"
527:, and Thule multipath testing was completed by May 1964. In 1967 when the system cost totalled $ 1.259 billion, BMEWS modification testing ended on 15 May ("completion of the BMEWS"); and the Bomb Alarm System caused a false alarm during the
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ship (freighter) operated by the Burns & Roe company originally provided the Site J electrical and heating supplies until a powerplant was constructed years later, and water was from Thule AB via a branch to the site.
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reflectors with 25-ton foundations were complete by 8 August 1959 ("two pedestals for trackers" were built for deferred radars.) After the 13 July 1959, treaty No. 5045 with Canada regarding intermediate sites,
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Western Electric BMEWS Rearward Communications System (BRCS) was established between the "switchboard at Thule and the BMEWS Project Office in New York City"—a similar line between Thule
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of the AN/FSQ-28 Missile Impact
Predictor Set were later installed in Building 2.) To predict when parts "might break down", the contractor also installed a "Checkout Data Processor"
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high-speed scanning switches and a massive array of feedhorns… Federal Electric Corp., Paramus, N.J., is the prime contractor for manning and maintaining the Thule BMEWS site.
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The radar, a Phased Array Warning System…can "see" 3,200 miles, 200 miles farther than the old system, and has a 240-degree arc…40 degrees more than the old.
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Wall, R. B. Test Plan for BMEWS Multipath Tests at Thule Air Base Greenland for 496 System Project Office, TM-4001, The MITRE Corp., May 1964
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7 November Installation of radar hardware at Site I, Thule, Greenland, for the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was begun.
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1697:"Newcomer's Welcome Package: Thule Air Base, Greenland: Home of the 821st Air Base Group"
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DEWDROP Tropospheric Scatter AM Communications Link between Thule BMEWS and Cape Dyer")
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was contracted in 2005 to upgrade Thule's "Early Warning Radar" as part of the larger
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Radars for the Detection and Tracking of Ballistic Missiles, Satellites, and Planets
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on 5 January 1962; and 1962 sinkholes formed in the drainage ditch at "Scanner 6".
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1917:"Shelton Reaffirms Commitment to Critical but Costly Thule Base | Spac…"
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and had 5 of 12 BMEWS radars. The station has the following structures:
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had been installed for Thule "to recognize when it was being jammed."
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A Historical Chronology of the Electronic Systems Division 1947-1986
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1961 Thule sketch, FPS-50 wave guides, & "memory and logic unit"
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Duke, S.; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (1989).
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801:"Broken Arrow -- The B-52 Accident.................. - Thuleforum"
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The Evolution of U.S. Strategic Command and Control and Warning:
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Desktop Corrosion Control Study for Thule Afr Base, Greenland
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electric heat was the first building complete; and the four
1477:"20 Mishaps That Might Have Started Accidental Nuclear War"
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with specialized radome for Thule weather was installed by
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Shore, Bruce (Spring 1963). "the fourth state of matter".
1143:"Telecommunications (Domestic Satellite) (2 of 3 folders)"
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Installations of the United States Air Force in Greenland
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United States Military Forces and Installations in Europe
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Del Papa, Dr. E. Michael; Warner, Mary P (October 1987).
1668:. Department of Defense Annual Report, FY 1960 (Report)
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First Strike!: The Pentagon's Strategy for Nuclear War
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Upgrade to the Thule Air Base Early Warning Radar Site
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The prototype unit operated at Moorestown, New Jersey
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North American Air Defense Command Historical Summary
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North American Air Defense Command Historical Summary
533:(the system was deactivated in 1970.) In June 1980,
1524:"The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search"
780:"The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search"
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missions for continual monitoring commenced in 1961
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United States Space Force radar station in Greenland
1269:"The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search"
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Cold War Historic Properties of the 21st Space Wing
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65:Thule AN/FPS-50 detection reflectors (1959–1987)--
1774:(abstract regarding a collection of trip reports)
1776:(Report). Vol. I OF II. 1987. IRIS 01098592
1169:"Memories of Troposcatter at Resolution Island"
1099:"Summit Failure Speeds Up Development of BMEWS"
1032:"BMEWS Site 1, Under Construction - 1958-1960"
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1961:Military space program of the United States
1148:. claytwhitehead.com. October–December 1969
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1966:Military installations established in 1960
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1749:"Document Detail for IRISNUM= 01073102"
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649:AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar
1886:"Soviets, Eskimos protest Thule radar"
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1005:"Kiewit :: Cold War Construction"
634:After the Danish parliament approved,
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227:Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
1565:from the original on 24 December 2013
1392:"The Moon as a Soviet Missile Attack"
512:By mid-1962, BMEWS "quick fixes" for
274:Solid State Phased Array Radar System
223:Solid State Phased Array Radar System
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1956:Strategic Air Command radar stations
1056:Hoffecker, Whorton, & Buechler.
1603:"Ballistic Warning Is Aim of BMEWS"
838:. Federation of American Scientists
1951:Air Defense Command radar stations
1292:. groups.yahoo.com. Archived from
1097:Rogers, Warren Jr. (2 June 1960).
952:. groups.yahoo.com. Archived from
901:from the original on 11 March 2014
221:. The northernmost station of the
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1443:"AT&T caused NORAD blackout…"
1390:Sampson, Curt (25 January 2010).
541:satellite communications terminal
1971:1960 establishments in Greenland
1727:. South End Press. p. 197.
1363:"A Day In The War Room At NORAD"
1121:"ABMWSP Summary - 23 April 1960"
803:. thuleforum.com. Archived from
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23:Remote Tracking Station and the
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456:Microwave Station northeast of
427:the Colorado Springs' CC&DF
1446:(web post of newspaper column)
642:Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
556:Solid State Phased Array Radar
529:1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
423:initial operational capability
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1796:"12th Space Warning Squadron"
1361:Pearson, Drew (16 May 1961).
1101:. Herald Tribune News Service
464:CC&DF and its output to
1721:Robert C. Aldridge (1983).
1237:Deputy Secretary of Defense
883:Wainstein, L. (June 1975).
836:"NORAD Selected Chronology"
276:(SSPARS) phased array radar
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1857:. fas.org. Archived from
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1946:1960 in military history
1450:Colorado Springs Gazette
978:(Report). Archived from
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521:RCA AN/FPS-49A Radar Set
452:operator error at their
436:On 5 October 1960, when
417:On the same date as the
318:(red) sites and coverage
217:for missile warning and
209:(USSF) radar station in
1702:. militaryonesource.mil
1323:Ellensburg Daily Record
335:Clear Air Force Station
138:76.570258°N 68.298998°W
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40:Thule Tracking Station
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466:Strategic Air Command
371:CFS Resolution Island
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280:BMEWS radar buildings
143:76.570258; -68.298998
1509:CONAD Control Center
1412:Stone & Banner.
379:Dwight D. Eisenhower
272:": structure with a
249:adding missing items
177:76.56785; -68.284214
44:Pingarssuit Mountain
1880:Hanley, Charles J--
1855:"Clear Upgrade (U)"
1771:Trip Report[s]…
1370:The Palm Beach Post
1123:. alternatewars.com
543:was moved from the
507:Air Defense Command
501:Air Defense Command
331:Air Defense Command
219:spacecraft tracking
215:Pituffik Space Base
192:1958-60 (AN/FPS-50)
168: /
152:Early Warning Radar
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82:General information
25:Air Traffic Control
1884:(17 August 1987).
1861:on 11 October 2008
1614:Newburgh, New York
1479:. NuclearFiles.org
861:2012-09-15 at the
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27:radar site/former
1923:on 22 March 2014.
1666:(MDA.mil excerpt)
1475:Philips, Alan F.
1212:on 5 October 2010
982:on 30 August 2017
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539:and a late 1960s
491:Bomb Alarm System
438:Nikita Khrushchev
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