BAR-3 Radar Site | military, early warning radar

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Activated in September 1990 as a short-range radar station in the BAR Sector of the North Warning System, the BAR-3 site was co-located with its still-operational DEW Line predecessor until its shutdown in September 1993 as the DEW Line was inactivated.

Operational as a fully autonomous station thereafter, the current BAR-3 site became the sole facility onsite following the completion of a remediation project that saw all DEW Line-era infrastructure razed and removed. The site and its AN/FPS-124 radar systems are controlled through the PIN-Main site at Cape Parry to the East.

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Coordinates:   69°26'35"N   132°59'58"W

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  • One of the DEW Line radar stations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force_stations
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