BAR-4 Radar Site

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Established and activated in October 1990 as a short-range radar site in the BAR Sector of the North Warning System, BAR-4 was for a period co-located with its DEW Line predecessor site and operated as a backup station for the longer range BAR-4 DEW site until the latter's shutdown in 1993.

Assuming total responsibility for the BAR-4 airspace thereafter, the site began autonomous operations under the control of the PIN-Main site at Cape Parry to the East. Following the removal and remediation of the DEW Line site infrastructure, BAR-4's AN/FPS-124 radars and support systems are now accessible for service and resupply by helicopter.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Warning_System
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Coordinates:   69°55'29"N   128°58'24"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago