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A view of COBRA DANE, an intelligence-gathering phased array radar system specially constructed to monitor Soviet ballistic missile testing on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula

Personnel inside the data processing center for COBRA DANE, an intelligence-gathering phased-array radar system specially constructed to monitor Soviet ballistic missile testing on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula

Personnel inside the data processing center for COBRA DANE, an intelligence-gathering phased-array system specially constructed to monitor Soviet ballistic missile testing on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula

Security policemen stand guard in front of the COBRA DANE phased-array radar system specially constructed to monitor Soviet ballistic missile testing on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula

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A Minuteman III missile was test launched from Launch Facility 04. The missile traveled approximately 4200 miles in twenty minutes to the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands. The test is conducted to prove the reliability of land based nuclear missiles

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The face of the COBRA DANE phased-array radar system which contains 34,000 antennas, each measuring 5 inches in diameter. This intelligence gathering device was specially constructed to monitor Soviet ballistic missile testing on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula

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Base: Shemya Air Force Base

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Robert S. Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

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