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Topic: COBRA DANE

	AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		COBRA DANE is a national technical intelligence sensor, located on the island of Shemya, Alaska, at Eareckson AF Station.
		COBRA DANE was designed as an intelligence gathering radar capable of collecting data on Soviet missile launch tests into Kamchatka or the Pacific Ocean.
		The COBRA DANE radar system was completed and turned over to the Air Defense command in July 1977.
	www.fas.org /spp/military/program/track/cobra_dane.htm (271 words)

	Cobra Mist
		The radar was controlled from a large steel blockhouse which stood on short legs behind the array and was connected to the array by cables running to an underground chamber, lined with copper, in front of the array.
		Despite considerable efforts to establish the source of the noise and eliminate it, the background noise continued to severely affect the radars performance and eventually it was decided that the economics of attempting to overcome the problem simply couldn't be justified, the entire project was cancelled and the radar dismantled and removed.
		Now with the release of various documents in the USA under the FOIA, its possible to determine that Cobra Mist was designed to 'overlook air and missile activity in Eastern Europe and the western areas of Russia' in an arch from 19.5 to 110.5 degrees clockwise from true north.
	www.spyflight.co.uk /cobramist.htm (588 words)

	Cobra Dane
		COBRA DANE centers around an actual sophisticated radar located on the island of Shemya at the tip of the Aleutians.
		The COBRA DANE radar tracks space objects,which could be satellites, spent boosters, or nuclear armed Russian ICBMs headed for the United States.
		Then suppose a realistic drill, where the people manning the COBRA DANE radar did not know it was a drill, triggered a takeover of the radar site by Russian sleeper agents leftover from the Cold War.
	members.tripod.com /tekauthor/cd.html (949 words)

	COBRA DANE (U)
		COBRA DANE has historically fulfilled three concurrent missions: intelligence data collection of strategic missile systems; treaty verification; and early warning to CINCNORAD/CMAFS of ballistic missile attack against CONUS and southern Canada.
		COBRA DANE was developed in the mid 1970s and became operational in 1977.
		COBRA DANE is currently funded though FY02 in the General Defense Intelligence Program budget PE 31315.
	www.fas.org /spp/military/program/nssrm/initiatives/cobradan.htm (519 words)

	MissileThreat :: Cobra Dane Radar
		The Cobra Dane radar is deployed at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya, Alaska, located on the western end of the Aleutian chain.
		Its close proximity to Russia allows Cobra Dane collect data on Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) which are frequently fired to the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka peninsula.
		First deployed in 1977, the Cobra Dane is an AN/FPS-108 radar that operates in the 1215-1400 MHz band using a 29m phased array antenna.
	www.missilethreat.com /systems/cobra_dane_radar.html (781 words)

	Raytheon Company
		The Cobra Dane is a large L-band, computer-controlled, phased-array radar system with local, wide- and narrow-band communication systems and an operations and test complex.
		The Cobra Dane collects exoatmospheric, multiple-object intelligence data on Russian reentry vehicles and can extract and reduce the data on site.
		A modernization effort has extended the Cobra Dane’s operational life by 15 years and enhanced its performance to meet upgraded mission requirements.
	www.raytheon.com /products/cobra_dane (172 words)

	AN/FPS-108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cobra Dane was a large single-faced, phased-array radar built by Raytheon in the 1970s on Shemya Island in the Aleutians.
		As the main component of the Cobra system, the radar had the primary role of providing intelligence on Soviet test missiles fired at the Kamchatka peninsula from locations in southwestern Russia.
		In addition to determining Soviet missile capabilities, Cobra Dane had the dual secondary role of tracking space objects and providing ballistic missile early warning.
	www.radomes.org /museum/equip/fps-108.html (135 words)

	Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: The Alaska Test Bed Fallacy: Missile Defense Deployment Goes Stealth
		The strongest motivation for upgrading the Cobra Dane radar appears to be to have a radar on Shemya Island that could be used as part of an emergency deployment system, to substitute for the X-band radar that has been shelved.
		The only conceivable advantage of using Cobra Dane as an early-warning radar in tests appears to be that the radar would be in a different position relative to the target trajectory than is possible in current tests.
		Using Cobra Dane in such a flight test might serve mainly to test the performance of the upgraded radar itself, in preparation for its use as part of an emergency deployment system.
	www.armscontrol.org /act/2001_09/gronlundwrightsept01.asp (6112 words)

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		The exercise was the first test of the Cobra Dane radar for missile defense purposes.
		The Cobra Dane radar is deployed at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya, Alaska, located on the western end of the Aleutian chain.
		First deployed in 1977, the Cobra Dane is an AN/FPS-108 radar that operates in the 1215-1400 MHz band using a 29m phased array antenna.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/512-18441.aspx (1319 words)

	GAO-04-254, Missile Defense: Actions Being Taken to Address Testing Recommendations, but Updated Assessment Needed
		Significant uncertainties surround the capability to be fielded by September: MDA will not demonstrate in flight tests a critical radar called Cobra Dane before that date or conduct a system- level demonstration, and has yet to test its three-stage boosters as part of a planned intercept.
		MDA cannot at this time formulate a credible assessment of system-level effectiveness, because critical components like the Cobra Dane radar and interceptor boosters have yet to be developed and tested in a flight test environment, and no initial defensive capability is available for a system-level demonstration and evaluation.
		Neither the Cobra Dane radar nor the upgraded early warning radar at Beale is capable of performing rigorous discrimination, a function achievable only by the X-band radar.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d04254.html (8402 words)

	Increased Traffic Around Earth Calls for Stronger Spacecraft; Earlier Warning
		The Cobra Dane Radar System on the Alaskan island of Shemya.
		NASA will cast a cold snake eye on that problem in October when it makes use of the Cobra Dane Radar System on the Alaskan island of Shemya.
		Cobra Dane was designed to give early warning of ballistic missile attacks using an L-band phased array.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/debris_protection_020710-1.html (1719 words)

	Aerospace Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cobra Dane is a single-faced phased array radar (AN/FPS-108) at Shemya AFB, Alaska.
		Cobra Dane's corollary mission is to provide tactical warning and attack assessment of ICBM/SLBM attacks on the CONUS and southern Canada.
		Cobra Dane is currently undergoing a system modernization program to update its hardware and software.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/au-18/au18004c.htm (2935 words)

	1977 History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		COBRA DANE The COBRA DANE radar system was completed and turned over to the Air Defense command in July.
		RADC work on technology used in COBRA DANE began as early as 1955 with SARAC, the Steerable Array Radar and Communications program.
		In 1978, the Center's Cobra Dane Program Director's Office would be awarded an Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for its efforts.
	www.rl.af.mil /History/1970s/1977.html (924 words)

	The Value of the Fort Greely Test Bed
		Moreover, because the Cobra Dane radar has a longer wavelength than an X-band radar, it will be much less capable of accurately tracking objects in space and of discriminating warheads from decoys.
		Rather, the decision to build the Fort Greely silos and upgrade the Cobra Dane radar appears to reflect a desire on the part of the Bush administration to deploy something quickly, even if it is only symbolic.
		Cobra Dane has a frequency intermediate to the early warning radars and the X-band Ground-Based Radar.
	www.ucsusa.org /global_security/missile_defense/the-value-of-the-fort-greely-test-bed.html (3776 words)

	Cobra Dane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane radar is a phased array installation at Eareckson Air Station on the island of Shemya, Alaska.
		This radar system was built in 1976 and brought on-line in 1977 for the primary mission of intelligence gathering in support of verification of the SALT II arms limitation agreement.
		In September 2005, Cobra Dane was tested to support the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cobra_Dane (207 words)

	cobra dane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	mozillazne.org /oo/cobra-dane_h9.html (425 words)

	[5.0] Miscellaneous Topics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		* One of the better-known examples of a modern large phased-array radar is the COBRA DANE radar, which was built in the Aleutian island chain to observe Soviet missile tests.
		COBRA DANE can detect a metallic object the size of a grapefruit at a distance of 1,850 kilometers (1,000 nautical miles).
		The COBRA DANE radar is a big structure, with an array about 29 meters (95 feet) in diameter that consists of 15,360 radiating elements is linked to a three-bit phase shifter.
	www.vectorsite.net /ttradar5.html (5396 words)

	Why National Missile Defense Does Not Protect Hawaii
		Given the geometry of the Cobra Dane radar, the system may be better labeled a continental missile defense.
		The Cobra Dane Radar on Shemya Island was built to detect Soviet missile launches.
		At that time, General Kadish said that they were considering using an Aegis cruiser to supplement the Cobra Dane radar.
	akaka.senate.gov /~akaka/speeches/2003211858.html (692 words)

	1972 History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		COBRA DANE In February, Headquarters USAF assigned RADC responsibility for technical engineering of the COBRA DANE radar system in Shemya, Alaska.
		COBRA DANE was designed as an intelligence gathering radar capable of collecting data on Soviet missile launch tests into Kamchatka or the Pacific Ocean.
		In conjunction with the Electronic Systems Division, the Center worked on performance specifications and the Statement of Work for the system, and requests for proposals were sent to numerous companies.
	www.rl.af.mil /History/1970s/1972.html (1438 words)

	Atmospheric Lensing
		The Cobra Dane radar uses the top of Earth's atmosphere as a mirror, to reflect it's radar beam over the horizon and look deep inside Russia & China.
		To accomplish this seeming feat of magic, first it focuses the radar beam at a spot in the atmosphere, some 50-70 miles above the Russian/Chinese border, causing localized heating in the air (radar is microwave energy after all).
		The Cobra Dane radar was designed 30 years ago to peer thousands of miles over the horizon, into hostile territory.
	www.geocities.com /electrogravitics/am1.html (3068 words)

	Snakes cobra - Bytes Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Description: A harmless (fanged-out) cobra dancing to the tune of his master charmercharmer charmers cobra cobras display shows snake snakes street threat
		But too many snakes were killed, and the king cobra population dwindled to near extinction
		Cobra is the most feared of all poisonous snakes.
	www.bytescanada.com /recreational-gps-devices/cobra/snakes-cobra.html (332 words)

	US completes missile defence test - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		The Pentagon says it has completed a successful test of its upgraded Alaska-based Cobra Dane radar and the fire control system that will eventually be part of the nation's missile defence shield.
		Lehner said the exercise marked the first time data from an actual missile tracked by Cobra Dane was fed into the fire control system.
		If this had been an intercept test, or an actual missile attack on the United States, the fire control system would have taken Cobra Dane and data from other space-based, sea-based and ground-based sensors and developed a response, Lehner said.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/US-completes-missile-defence-test/2005/09/27/1127586843376.html?oneclick=true (431 words)

	[FPSPACE] Cobra Dane radar under test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lockheed Martin provided the test missile for the MDA's successful Cobra Dane radar tracking exercise this week.
		The Lockheed Martin industry team launched the target missile from a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean hundreds of kilometers from the Cobra Dane radar at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya, Alaska.
		The AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane radar is a ground-based sensor for tracking incoming threat missiles.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2005-September/017980.html (542 words)

	People's Daily Online -- US tests missile defense radar
		A target long-range ballistic missile was launched from a C-17 transport plane in the air, some 1,300 km from Shemya Island, Alaska, where the Cobra Dane radar was deployed, the agency said in a statement.
		The missile simulated the trajectory of a real missile fired across the Pacific, and its flight was "successfully tracked" by the Cobra Dane radar, according to the agency.
		Data obtained by the radar was relayed to command centers in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Fort Greely, Alaska, which then used it to aim interceptor missiles based in Alaska and California.
	english.people.com.cn /200509/27/eng20050927_211003.html (195 words)

	All Wood Wings: RC-135V Rivet Joint Model, USAF
		Rivet Ball was the predecessor program to Cobra Ball, and was initiated with a single RC-135S (serial 59-1491, formerly a JKC-135A) on December 31, 1961, although the "Rivet Ball" name was not assigned until 1967.
		During its conversion, a large radome was installed to house the aircraft's mission-specific S band radar.
		Cobra Ball aircraft were originally assigned to Shemya and used to observe ballistic missile tests on the Kamchatka peninsula in conjunction with Cobra Dane and Cobra Judy.
	www.allwoodwings.com /1-MilitaryPlanes/RC-135V,RivetJoint,USAF.htm (1091 words)

	GAO REPORT FINDS TECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO GROUND-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM NOT READY
		The GAO report found that President George W. Bush's decision to field a ballistic missile defense system in October 2004 means that the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) had to take a higher risk approach to development, integrating systems before their maturity was proven.
		A key component to the system is the Cobra Dane and other associated radars that are essential to tracking enemy missiles.
		GAO notes that "MDA does not plan to demonstrate through its own integrated flight tests the maturity of a technology resident in the Cobra Dane radar located in Alaska, which will serve as the element's primary radar when GMD is first fielded."
	akaka.senate.gov /~akaka/releases/03/09/2003923B53.html (491 words)

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