Norad? That’s one I haven’t heard much about over the last few years. I live in the northwest and the new name Northwest area defense sector (NWADS) is situated at the old McChord AFB under the Washington Air National Guard and First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) (JBLM). They took the original NORAD and broke it down into pieces up here into the Continental NORAD Region for peacetime air sovereignty, strategic air defense, and airborne counter-drug operations in the continental United States.
They are partnered as a bi-national United States and Canadian organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. Other new NORAD air defense organizations include the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS), the Hawaii Region Air Operations Center (HIRAOC), the Alaska Region Air Operations Center (AKRAOC) and the Canada Air Defense Sector (CADS). Everyone just a phone call away.
Modern aerostats like observation balloons are mostly made of materials like mylar, which is transparent to radar. If the aerostat becomes wet by rain or precipitation, or if it picks up a coating of dust, it would reflect some of the radar signal. Our stealth fighters are about the same. They show a good blip in the rain, but are hard to pinpoint dry and clean. And the balloons travel so slow with no heat exhaust it takes time to get them on the scope.
Enjoyed your entry. I also had dealings with Pave Paws at two different bases. But the problem with an all out nuclear attack is they can send a couple of thousand ICBMs our way with about a 20 minute warning for the first ones and we have no way of stopping them. All we can really do is get even and everyone loses. This is why there needs to be so much effort made into putting someone into the WH.
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Hell. I’m still pissed they took the CONELRAD indicators off my radio dials.