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AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar
Attack Characterization System (PARCS)
The AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) is a leftover from the Safeguard AntiBallistic Missile system at Cavalier AFB, North Dakota. Following the deactivation of Safeguard, the Army transferred PARCS to the Air Force. The Air Force assigned the radar a primary mission of warning/attack assessment of SLBM and ICBM attack against CONUS and southern Canada. Its singlefaced phased array radar is pointed northward over the Hudson Bay. It can provide valuable surveillance, tracking, reporting, and Space Object Identification data for the Space Surveillance Network.
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Maintained by
Robert Sherman
Originally created by John Pike
Updated Friday, July 02, 1999 1:33:43 PM