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Overview (U):(U) The Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWRs) incorporate the software upgrades and modest hardware changes required by the existing Early Warning Radars to support the National Missile Defense (NMD) mission. The UEWRs will detect, track and count the individual objects in a ballistic missile attack early in their trajectory. |
(U) Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWRs) incorporate the software upgrades and modest hardware changes required by the existing Early Warning Radars to support the NMD mission. The UEWRs will detect, track and count the individual objects in a ballistic missile attack early in their trajectory. The UEWR data can be used for interceptor commit and GBR cueing in the event of an early deployment, depending on the anticipated threat (East Coast or West Coast) at the time of a defense deployment decision, the appropriate BMEWS and/or PAVE PAWS radars will be upgraded for inclusion in the NMD architecture. If needed, other existing forward based radars (such as COBRA DANE or HAVE STARE) could also be used to support NMD.
(U) To be supplied.
(U) Programmed.
(U) None.
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ALERT | Attack and Launch Early Report to Theater (ALERT) |
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Surveillance | Surveillance |
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SPACE CONTROL: NMD/ COUNTERSPACE | SPACE CONTROL: NMD/ COUNTERSPACE |
(U) None.
Air Force.
(U) National Security Space Road Map Team, NSSA, Open Phone: (703) 808-6040, DSN 898-6040.
(U) 21 November 1997
(U) Road Map Production Date: 23 June 2001