Yuma Tethered Aerostat Radar Site
| military, blimp, radar station
USA /
Arizona /
Wellton /
World
/ USA
/ Arizona
/ Wellton
World / United States / Arizona
military, blimp, radar station
The Tethered Aerostat Radar System is a balloon-borne radar system. The primary aerostat mission is to provide low level radar surveillance data in support of federal agencies involved in the nation's drug interdiction program. Secondary mission is to provide North American Aerospace Defense Command with low level surveillance coverage for air sovereignty in the Florida Straights. One aerostat, located at Cudjoe Key, Fla., transmits TV Marti, which sends American television signals into Cuba for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting.
www.acc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2359
www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/tars.htm
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www.acc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2359
www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/tars.htm
www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewsingleimage.html?mode=...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_Aerostat_Radar_System
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Coordinates: 33°0'56"N 114°14'37"W
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