Posted on Oct 9, 2018
String of radar stations in Canadian Arctic nearly obsolete — and modernizing them will cost...
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I am sure President Trump and Secretary of Defense Mattis will help get this project funded.
String of radar stations in Canadian Arctic nearly obsolete — and modernizing them will cost...
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LTC (Join to see) Upkeep and Maintenance is Not Cheap. Like a Lot of other things have to Gauge whether it would be Cheaper to Replace Them or Restore them.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - You Mean Like the UYK-20 that they kept this Dinosaur (Yours Truly) around for an Extra Year to Retire at the Same Time.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Sure, a few pots of coffee to keep you running longer and then toss both dinosaurs out together. :-)
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I think its time to replace with something new that uses a backscatter approach along the lines of the two mothballed - AN/FPS-118's - especially in light of Russia's hypersonic capabilities of Mach 8 or 6138.15 mph. The 118's had a range of 3,000 miles - that would only yield a 30 minutes heads up. Impressive system for just two units - Southern and Northern units were canceled and never built - due to "the end of the Cold War."
A little back story these units were operational 40 hours a week at random times. The radar data was fed to the U.S. Customs/Coast Guard C3I Center, Miami; Joint Task Force 4 Operations Center, Key West; U.S. Southern Command Operations Center, Key West; and U.S. Southern Command Operations Center, Panama.
A little back story these units were operational 40 hours a week at random times. The radar data was fed to the U.S. Customs/Coast Guard C3I Center, Miami; Joint Task Force 4 Operations Center, Key West; U.S. Southern Command Operations Center, Key West; and U.S. Southern Command Operations Center, Panama.
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LTC (Join to see)
Thank you for letting us know about the system. This system sounds just as important as a border wall.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
The physics involved in back scatter limits it use and utility and it resistance to ECM. The revived signals are VERY Very low in enegy
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SPC David S.
Yes this approach has issues being reliant on the ionosphere just one of many being low energy makes it easy to molest - I think it would be just another tier in OTHR systems. I think the most reliable would be a space based approach - I know the NRO is very hush hush on what is currently deployed - Lacrosse or Onyx - but I think the CIA and NRO may have a new approach in mind - just not sure if it was funded - but the funding always seems to happen via back channels - 5 billion in "refrigerators" isn't always "refrigerators".
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