Former Special Ammo Storage (demolished)

 military, abandoned / shut down

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Darp. 1964-1993 22x Honest John and later on 42x Lance nuclear warhead storage. Source: Arkin W and Fieldhouse R; "Nuclear battlefields; global links in the armsrace" (Ballinger; Cambridge Mass. 1985)
Security: US Army 8th Missile Det. (reroled 8th US Army Field Arty Det)
Comms: US Army 360 Signal Batn Charlie Det. responsible for both Troposcatter microwave and HF communications.
HF consisting of 3 Collins KWM2A AN/FRC-93 SSB 100W radios and a landline phonepatch to the admin building.
Callsign was Cemetery 40 in the US Stratcom Cemetery 4 Network Control Site.
The mobile unit was equipped with an AN/MRC-117 and an AN/FRC-93 transceiver console mounted in the rear.
Microwave communications consisted of a frequency diverse, polarized selective vertical and horizontal ITT AN/FRC-66 with 2 transmitters, 2 receivers, 2 1KA power amplifiers using 2Ghz Klystron tubes and a GE TCS-600 (600 channel) multiplexer.
TX/RX was via waveguide up a 152ft. tower and out of 2 15ft. parabolic dishes (Line Of Sight to Bremerhaven, GER 140mi east).
The Tributary Logic Console and teletype were located offsite at the FA Det admin building.
Site deactivated 1993 and demolished in 2000