Fort Huachuca Tethered Aerostat Radar Site (Sierra Vista, Arizona)

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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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_Aerostat_Radar_System
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Coordinates:   31°29'9"N   110°17'45"W

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  • What wikipedia says about this blimp on it's Ft Huachuca page; The fort is also home to a radar-equipped aerostat, one of a series maintained for the Drug Enforcement Agency by Lockheed Martin. The aerostat is based northeast of Garden Canyon and, when extended, supports the DEA drug interdiction mission by detecting low-flying aircraft attempting to penetrate the United States.
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