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Tracking 3y$tem gathered by thesaisystemS was transmitted to the Missile'ng ing'and Bispiay System ingkhe Missile warning ES ter f the M0355 Cheyenne Ma nxaia 86mplex charagtexization $n assassmentJWas made ta aetermine t e potentiallgf'a bailistic miSSiie agg ck ugqn the U S and Sana a t ansmitfe to For abgut thra minutes ax the morning af 9 Navember IQEQ a test scenariq a miasile attack on Amarica was thrcugh a combinatiOn 6f anamalies an caingidenagsz tran mittad from a test A evice a Message Generator Reaor er a ta the up rations side 3f the 427M cgmyu er system in th Ghey nga a Mountain Eomhat Uparaticns Centary Ebere it wag gra gassed as real infarmatian and isplayed an missile Center the 31t rnate Nati nal Gamman Cenzgr an the Rafional Emergency Airborne Comman Past $bbut 8minut35 elapse BetweE the time the spurious ata first appeared on isPAgys and the time agaessad cgnfidance that na strategih_attack was yassad terthe above command centars Al hnugh the test data which appearad as Teal warla infermatian wag almast immediately givan a low confidence di baing true and efensa officiala and $ka Presi ent were at natifiedf precau tiQnafy aiartiug actians cantinue an several pracedural an eqaipmant failures in the'syStem far al Etigg aircraft mug and Wmn m a mu 8 unitS'caused 12 fighters to ec0me aixhorne Public annauncament cf incident arsusa _wi spread public and Congressianai interest not Duly in What happened but 3156 in what was being ane to preyent hture such inci dants Th sye ific ana tentributing gauges 0f tha false event fherefare receivad axtramr ia ry att ntia aring the late manihs 0f and grzeative actions cantinued into 1986r the 42m had been declare ta have Gperg ianal Capabil in Seytember which meant i was able ta perfarm aS'ngl as he 425L and 496L systems it was re pla ing acngi erable xemaingi_bef$re tha 5ystem fgg h d ah Integim apargtional Capabilityq Te ting tharefare gentinued alongside operatianaisenviranment The ES ngtedg ha a situatian had hee cr a e vwhefe a the nae hand bp ratians parsonnal lack of the tntai prong-ta at Te uiremERts uncritically whiie the bth r - han g tachnicians the pessible w cansequences cf'thair testing ac ivities as they related to g the functisns The patenti r was thare far an in ident Suc as happen a an tha merging GE 9 dv mb r i The ir ct gauge Qf'the incid nt hgw ver was the i a Vertent passage of estimisgila attack g a the MGVR test dgvice intq tha Tag used sinca March 19 3 in task the 42 M s Communication SyStem Segment 888 With the inserzian cf test tagged tapa$3 it could simulate ata coming rmmira ar sites throug the 6 3 multi lexor and in d'the an the warning taahnician 'ggre atr fha M f is parfoxmance in ptey ra ion a test later that day by int r aaing it wit tha the frant and Gf th C38 was then run Ring in theWhatgsha owvm e Haneywell EGSQ prcces gprs wgrg the ata Whesgthay weig abiE a gaod interfa or the M6711 3% the 338' using disk pactks containing_test tagge -aata planngd for use in the upcoming test $ha'technicia s chose a pagk ne used successf ily be fora Which containea an untaggea'mass raid tape known as the'Nl gce afio were canflicting indiqftions as tg- h thar er not a gQGd inter face had the Thara was intanJ Privile ed dcament hat xeleasa-ge in whole hr in part 1 26 393 agem dies GutSlde the tha express appr val af the 4A a_ w win 2-1 koala hcbr '9 - v V imam I When the on gheay jR there 1_ 35 1g ire sex - 79 tian to run the disk pack an n9 evi enge was f un later that anYane pusha the run bntton an the'MGfR5 hu the-MGJR did transmit the ugtaggad East ata Had the np rator hean abserving the usciilpscape'he weuld have but he was acaupied and mat watching it Coin Ciaently at this tim th 'nef nse Sapp rt primary cirtuit'frbm the main greun statian at hckley APR 6019 ra o ta the MEX aiied momentarily causing th MUX to p021 the secandary circuit whigh was configumad ta far _checkan TQ stretch coingidance farther the last block of saqua tial numbers an messages taming ints frgmi Buckiey ha baan G ikrand'the first cf n m erg an tha NJ scenario was 382 further indicatign the ata wag ragl 'The untagged test ata Was pracesSed begag showing gp 93 the gamsole-screensgz Wm The 9 Nbvembar inciaant prem i iaansi erable -in erest an the part of ezpzesg within ha congress a d_at h 368 and 93D In ta a gumb r' of inquirie abpu the zief lert the G33 eleased ataiis t9 the press Air F9 ca and QSD effinials visite NQRAE seen after tha event far briefingsr pro uced Va num er of aa ign items QT irectimns fer corrastiva actien As was rcuti faf 5ucgm gwgvent Maggy ast b1ishe an Qp ratians Review Eb f ORB 6n In_lata_NQv# ember Se aral Allen_ irected the Air F rce Kaspectar Gene al td visit the Chgy nne Meuntain Complax te 100k at the reorganizatian and the 9 Navember event TBh ecir2 ov253 Press camment stimulated by the 053 aws rel ase general health of 'th air bat withiihe 08D anhauncement ia e in the m n h that'fhe ha been sslved interest u_ wannga d Briefings e Cangressio al members and their staffs carried thr ugh this thame u30ma weakenessghad_been ered in the system which were being coxregie but it was fundamentally sound The inci ent had zeinf r d the belief that he_ax tam Must have redundancies bailt_in and that hum a playe a crucial role in suah tircumatances 5 The_ fiva minutes reportea_in the'press ha 'been spent con- firming beycn daubt that it was false but in tha meantime certain preaautionary measures ha been takanr 7 T qRavw-E e a l Meanwhil g the 033 caafirmad that uninten a cutput-frpm the MGXR had gansed the falge event Frimguta My the timiiw itz ig g ha mutt b iac d Privilaged ac mggt act raleasable in whale ax in ta-pgr5033 0r agen mles' wagslde 113 Air 7 Farce thheut the ex regs -appreva1 qf tha SEGA i 1 L WA E1 this phase APSE directed the program 0f ica to prepar a plan whith fit that ampuntq Hark ceasea tempcrarily while APSE awaited ir Staif reactla to i s recommen4 ation to-texmi ate EPARCS at with the early March dire tian to pracee AESC directed the project afficg tg prepar $uch a yragram 51 HQ USAF Su sequehtly requested the final cenfiguratia be puraued in three phases to make t compatible with approval requests -Phasa I woul Extan aging Hamid reS gre tra fic capacity'an imprave impact pra iction gapability 80 funds an Phasa wngid inc aase traf % capacity EYual fund$3 53 ABCGM rgact d tc this approa h with cancern that it might net insure the nace aary measures were taken to grecluda_a egradaticn of praseni BARCS performance in_tr%ffic capacityg impaax pre ittiqn aggu ragy and Spacetiagk capa ility The comman also believed it mandatory that EPARES site be able tq pass data ta thev 22M System in Chayennerwbuntain an a realitime Ihe EPA C5 pragram briefed ta 1 May an ' reflected in a change td the AiftFogce Progr m_Manage man Birac ive for the sy$tam in eafly June Called fa a $13 milli n eSign cQ3t far the B$$ic werk 0f ext ding the range of PABCS and a $5 million apt on f9 enhancgments Two millian ha been span an the c gtragt definiticnapha$e Total th was $20 millien 5$ In September the Bell Telephane L353 was avar e -a cogtract Phase 11 55 The PHD called far the warkAtc ha by December 198 'This schedule seemed threatened in eax1y_1980 a elay in therelaage in a Baf nse Supnart Pragram Bag 99 The Fragram ESP was deva op d in the late 19693 tactical warning hf ICBM launahes and Euclear dgtonatidns Initial Gy rations began in 19 2 Tha system censisted of threa infrare Upgrationai satellites in Z4 ha r MWKM- WI beitp twc'la ge gr gn stations gn Simylim fied Proteasing Stating at Grand Ialanag Nebraska de icatea gxaun aommunicatibgs a rgser SAC 92 National Mili ary Cemmand Center and_Alternate National Mi itary Command Center disglays Satellites SrDadl 31 Dec 39 'Te he beginning 3f 197 savan BSP satellites ha been launche Five See 4 $1 Ea 99 In November 19 8 HQ USAF app aved launch 0f the eighth ESP satellite BecagSe 9f yra lems which-ha eveloye with Flight 2 plans c iled far Flight 8 t0 T 1 C8 Flight Flight 7 to rep1agg Flight 2 as thaWSastern hemisyhere satellite and Flight 2 t9 be placed-in orbital stnrage 59 After some I delay ue ta wi h the Titan hamster for ih satellite Flight_8 IRON 7 34 Was guCCessfully Eau ched from the Test Range Flari a at 13392 13 June 1979 33 Tha Air Farce Satellite Facility Sunny vale RESE Califoxnia turne it ever tg ABCGM as an apexatianal asgat an 11 July l Flight tha firsr af a new geriesgaf four satellites with the follawing' major-impfovements a h gh po ered ownlink which in 3 creased signal pgw r for use wi hismall r graugd atennas 5 a new sgcurity system command S cuxity ayatem a simply Ci ij which provi a antijam na_antispaof pru rapid rm Fm af x C 5 cammu ni 23 12 310313 2 '3 mo zi Sec 3 30 4 sm egi 31 36 99 This program woukd be 011qwa by three satelliges 9f the Saggery'Evalutianary'hevelop meat Program They woul have-a1 the 5 meats mentioned above pims 9ver twice-the umber of Sec vi 131 93 With the repositivning cf' 1igh 7 g a gume aha gxbit of Flight 2 and the as mpticnf%y Waamera of cantral OVET Flight at the thraewsatailite'sysu tem was back-t6 full Dn r finWQT rsnah ifv y ah 6 Sec 3 3 b Sround S Revw 1 Des 2363 aim provem6 35 in sensar-capabilities would bring an increage in the data l ad reqeiva at the grbund stgtigm Ptbc- asing capabilitia would kave tQ b8 impr % d 3nd fhe ground statians hemselges an the commanica ions atwark cannecting them t5 raeipients pf e actiQQLan warning ata made mare sgrvivableq In respanaggtg tha incraased daman s whi h the Sanger Evalutianary Bevelqpmant 85D $atellit gw0ul place-0n graun Stating gracessiag capa hili iaa a 9rogramnMahag ment change in 1979 irected AFSC t6 m dify the Sim- plified Prace si g C63 and the 063 by pFGCuri g a and a larga saft are compatibge'c mputerq request contragt praposal was released t9 can ractors in ac cber 979 put authority ta prscee ha not bean-given'by the andfaf the year It might tak avar-a yea it evel p he pre processars best-estimate in he A paric was-May i933 far sampletion ijthe sta ian upgradee54 Hpgrade'o the Gray d ammunicatians Network GEE t h f nacxing graun stations and iata users rently with madexnizatian_ef'tha statiens D Signa ed GEN impravement gragram wauld ability by provi ing alternaiive'routi g cf 9parational ESP data thus aliminaiing the ata Diatributiun anter at Buckie ANGB as a gaint failure made aEZaw f0 additiena1_ ata saurces_and users fariexample a link w uld be established with airborne us rs pravide r dgndant to preclude camplate 3ystem outage ue to hostile action of nazural diSaater and giye prate tian against p isa GEN mpravements ware t6 he ivid i to three parts toifacilitate funai g l T the and SE 19 only the firgt part bageiine had bean fhn ed _ SAMSG relgase a reguest_f0r prapesal in March t0 the Bevelopment Carpofation 3unquaie Cali fornia It was amarde a mantract for agproximateiy $l4 million an 16 August SAMSQ planned ta r caive elivery -of the first communications elements fur Gag in' an nary 1382 but early c ntractor perfurm nce %Edicated that aate wauid slig perhaps significantly Wham q gxnecl Feb 91 Sgrvivabi ity of tha most vulv n rable part 9f the BSP system t e graun fsegmen would alsQ redandant grocessing facilitiea ABEGM 5tated its requiraments for minimum surviyability during paacetime in Require Oparatienal Capability i su -in-June _A$ it recammende saluticn sutviv bility was six singl sgring SPSS with each facility capable Hf precessing ata gn twa missions imultagecusly fram age satelliteq These SPSS weul be transportable ighly automatic an hardene agai st Electromagnetic Pulse Subaaquantig Internaw tibnal-Bu3i3655 Maghines Corparatien ev iope a pretau type SFS Cansisting Sf one an nna$ 0 6233tellit wgom municatiags Madule and ne Data Prgcassiag Ma ule at it Westlake'FaciIity in California In the summer 0f l f the SP8 was move to develgpment test Surveys sf potential'opera tianal sites f9 tha System were also and in April Carnhusker Army mmgniticn Pla t Nebraska was sele te In Beaambar fallbwing Bf j the SPS was ta'a temporary lacation at Corn h sk r initial npgratinnal teSt and A permanani site was Being grepared aearby pette t0 usa the system as a backup tb CGS hut it wdul lsu be move averseas 5h u1 fail 5_ surveys during l 9 gaugad it tn chase San Vito AS Iggfy bu it had-mat been appraved early 19393 38AB actio s ra- gardiug dev lapment Gf Mobile MST equipment gauza be meantad an irQ ks indicated to that-the replacad thaxSPS-as the preferre - mo e far gurvivability ai the groand segment The Icommand emphasize fhat the SP8 prnvided pram a tagk aurvivability in the near term while the MST provi e near term tr3n34 and post-attack requirements Six mgbile units woui be Taquirad 53 Ehe GSAE Sapw parte an igizial area $tr ct r of six MGTS bu A elegted t0 g3 nu further than the pratoty SP3 said Lgng term DSP nhancaments mast be kapt to tha mobility operaiiens 6f the an a f 110w o QSP sat ailite with m e onbuar proce sing an eliminatian 9f he averseas greund station 59 Fully appreciative of the need t0 avelap mobile terminals na in compli n e with a 58 Program management Bir Ctive 13 late 1978 ABCGM prgparad a Freliminary peratiagai for A-n v 4 jmn ir Paw Rm rr s a on k 3 v 9-9 Tea Y aIiSeH% 5 3 the MST hBut as attractive a3 tha naw y tem was if was the-firs sf its kin it wauz gyen upan high 7 powere sdawnlink data feet antennaz ahduu e of the efense Satellite C0mmuni4 catians System an direc UHF te'air arne gammand pasts ar cammunigatidns Genaral Hill toi B puty Sasretary of-BefanSe G Duncan in late Ma h that'tha MGTS wage expected tq encnunter mag pf blams gna thay ba available until Uhtil thegi he said the near term 533 system 1con$i$ting af a pratetype#SP85 and mbaie fi ation ta'the MultigurpasefFacility _at Lawrf AFB Qa an fhe Gpefatianal at wbuld prvidg survivability in casa I Bet As mentisn ai the pretetype SPS wag move fram califarnia ta Nehra3kawin early Becember 19 8 failawing ac pted it ix $a ecemher and training reyaratury ta the beginning of IOT E CQntinuaa ihta early' pri IOTSE hega an scheaule 15 pril an Was t6 ast 59 ays l Midway through the test geri d twsvaigni icant pr hlems had the SP3 generated mere falsa missile reportS fhan gpegified in the tast obj ctivas an th Camguter pragram auld net effectivaly 159 - late hardware problams causing a h ghEI failure rate than pre iat d i -the fest Althongh can sideratibh was given tn gx en ing the IGT iperi d through the end bf Jung t3 new seftware-programx wh n that was tasta it proved anacCegtahle'and was turned back ta the contractar aw there Was n9 rea5 n to extend the I f gpexiad gn it Was eclared that a Fallow-on-Tast an woul be necessawy ta nheck out kewnewgsaftwara when it was returnea They 0n wha shoul SPOESOT it ADCGM thdught Air'Fbrce Tast and EValuatian ent r MFF was use 'f analysis trgi igg and saf ware davezopme t and tastingq It wduld rec ive an antenna - The 08M wcuid be aanverted ram Iagistics mo ule intc an operational SP5 hardware and software _ - OLAB ef the 15 AEREBW Assam Was lpcafed at Gornhusker abnut um 4 Mtg- 234- 1 29 Eng1-1 1 3 ta uh- n-m yfu wpuwg vrf ii 7 15 1 5 4 I Erui 96 should manage it an SAMSO thaught ADCGM should ADCQM as kad HQ USAF far managemenzt dixeiction It raplied that the T E should he can ucte in two phases Phase I nomad he AFTBC correctian 9f majar der ficiencies which preven e an 166 and should many age Phase I by campieting remaining tastihg and any future Essentially fen eSSentiall deficiencies remaine quire r aoiutian hafare IGG caul be declared Thea cauld ha cerrected by Navembar 3 MS0 5aid if pianned but that ccmman Was 3159 mast anxid s fer to accept turno er 9f S #priarxte its b ing mave is the permane t site at ADCOM'preferre tn accept the system Gary after all myiti al daficiencie$ had baen carrecte kui it @155 wanta he sygtem the permanent site be ofe wigter sgt in 75 Aftef nagatiatien it was agraed AECQM and Spac Divisian wcuiagsig a cgn itienal turn ovef agyeem nt a ter SD ha verified requir3$ents at the temyorary site SD we id than mGVe tha the permanent site and Verify had nat'bean degrade by the mave turnover 77 After signing of thaucon itional accepta ce teak-place an 3 Navemher an next ay the prototypav was movad t0 the permanant Sgt At th nd f year it was stiil undergoing Bacause the Sys tam wag $till in a nan qperatienal stat sj res rde manageme i SP8 was net transferre ta an 1 Badgmber in acger ance with r0 isiens 9f reorgaa izatizmw GLAE HQ wau1d_remain spansiblE'to anti ihe was fully mission capable exyected to be aroand the en of March 1986 9 I 1 v 2 7 321 A x a 3 3- 3 35315$ a 23 L rmr 5 2mm 5549- A any- Mm vague-var In 59' 23 1 9 3 a 3A 15 95533 5 55543 - 1 44 2 1 a 44's 180 QHAPTBR II MESSIEE SURVEELLANCE-ANB 5 1 -353 Cal Wisneski Commana ze 0 cc g Summary EnSpecziOn Regart Suppart ito N R hg 30 Jan With 15 Dec 99 30c 162 TEG apart S Becl 15 De Dacumgnt Speciai Inspecticn of ESAF t3 PR 8642856 3-15 Bec' 9 isfribute 906 163 An earlier briefi g bf IG i i gs t6 CISCNORAB an 15 Becember drew critiCESm frbm general ill and'his staff that it was hastiiy dame ana-superficial Ganerai Hill fecqmmended the team yeturn and complet3 the jmb 16 agree gut whereas it had formexly Hat-planngd t0 pregare a written xeport new-it ecided't ' d SQ 'OnvlS January th Deputy 2G fer Inspegtion 33 S iaty briefed CIECNBRAD on the above recomman ea corregtiva actions to'whi h NQR rmt tVfoicially early 193$ Briefing of the initia1_report by Col Rolan 15 Bee EQ Be 164 588 Maj Gen B-K Brown NGRAD ta makanxcc azuc Visit With Ung rcg 2 Jan 39 with Atch Decl Jan Taikingr $3per Spatiai_fnspection pfepj by Maj Raga IGY 2 Jan 83 Dec 165 2 TEG Raport Svnacl 13 Dec QQ Privileged Bacument 13 Jan 83 pg 5 6 Qperatax E Bnt3 prep by ngara 14 Nov SmRevw 23 Nev 99 HQ Faisg Indications Nev Doc SsRevw 19 Nov 99 for Bap Bi fq $5tpa C3 Systems and Bap Dir for Current Ops JCS 51 Chief NEACF Events in Response to Misgila'Thraat kasessment caaferehae 9 November Bat - 3 A cdllectian f press ariicles is included as 20c 1583 4 F313e leyt of'Missiles SQWS Fearg Philadelphia Inquirer 11 79 3 M g 11f% f85g SepStat to US Mis ian NATO an all NATO gapitaIE fn i avfets False 169 is may Mu J 3' -Mwmn - EMCEASSEFEED a 3 5 Memorandum the Racor U cantinuatian 0f 4 angfeSSicnal Briefings in Respon e to HGRAE Alert InQuiries prepy Maj Pat'swe ney OATSB Legislative Af airsjg 5 Dec 9 Dec x79 A A 6 3 Dec1 31 Be 87 Hq to Asagc3 I t 31 parsonal Dr Bin eeni Lt Gen Shutler and Lt GER fc ihson Meeting Betmeen Members sf NORAD Staff a d Sen Hart DEC 79 Bag 1 1 3% EE Ltr Bearing Dep Com r 03 Eata Au ae Ea mation NORAEKARCQM Gambgt Oparatians Centaz to Oparatianal 29 New with l- tah 28 29 Baa 172 S Revw 1 Ba 99 Hq to for Lt Gen Dickin an from 63h Brawn if QRB Up ateg Nb 79 Deg A173 3 S Revw 36 Nov 99 HQ to Office False In icatians-at 79 39X1956z Nev 29 Baa SwRavw 5 Dec 33 to Missile Warning Scenarie Dec Bed 1 5 Backgraun Faper'an 9 Navember cations s-Revw 30 Ray 99 OPE aj Sapp 26 es 29 Baa 38$ Li Col Eager Aczg Eir User Intarface Cs figurationgantral BCSpos ta Actian Item Manageme t n k 4 Jan 80 with 1 Atch SaRevw Jan Cantan s 30c r t tr 8 M33 33 ta HQ A2608 at ADCQM Regulatian SS l 12 Sap 9 zz 1930 gag 9 Mag 1% ShRavw 26 ea gg Hq to sugpansian 36f14152 Dec 7g 35$ 178' k 9 Sakavw 30 Nov 9a Hq RQRADJEQ ta Jcsxa z Eva foic r False In icaxians at Kev 29 Nov 9 Ede 374 amaran um GwRevw 15 May Lewe Eir Air Baf Spa 6 gresident ORB Col Brandx Operatiens Review Board PHASE ea 3 Memorandum S kng 15 May 993 from 01 Riiey Eir af Gm and Con g3 RgView Baar PHASE 2 1 Reycrt3 16 Ray 79 Dan 136 Nov g9 qu n aM BGG to all NORRD Regi ns at-gg Unit Raspons t9 Alert Warning Alert no 131 3 s-Revw-zs Nev-g9 Hq to 353 33 max wen-55mm 5 mmwwwily-Jpn- m- n Agra 5 1 2 182 personal for Lt Gen Shutler Maj Gen Eraw Miasile 3 At ack Warning u 29 96012 2g ES Ravw 28 Nov 99 q ta RIG 812 Missilep t ack sy _Warning Nov 7 Do 133 S-Revw 7 DEC 99 Hg NGRABIBG e A13 812 mber warning gi 36 79 Doc Bag 99 Hq at N s ggygi Missila tzack Dec 79 S R vw 15 Ma 98 HQ $312 31 Attack Warning Interi 1 ta NXA 3 3 a Reg ss 19 V01 $11 15 May %9 1 18802 Ja as nee 1333 'Msg n Review_ f NQRAE leif' -g System HAS CirCuitsi 35 23902 Jan $0 Dag 1863a gj 10 Intexgst Papaw F980 an rspase Relacaticn 0f I I onsg-u w out thayC mmand Seatiaa t0 tha Cheyenne M untain CempIex pre- i 'j pare _by Lt leming1 XPXP Ja 86 eggs Ge J E1 Hill CIEGAE 2 Dec 9 33 138 i a an H 3 I 4 nah-J 5 11 M g Sr eqi 31 nec 87 Hg NORABJJS a al persamal far Br inneen Lt Gen Shatle Lt Gea fb ih393 M eting BetwaeniMembexg cf the RGRAD Staff and Sen Hart 33c 9 Dec l js n K Pa in 4 M -unwu 1w Lat-W rm um 31 nu-k Hr w 2 w- w a - vac-5mg 12 gist SwRevw 31 Dec Q9 of AECGM 1 9774781 $03 fm tgtial used S-Revw 95 atch l ackground Papar an a Missile arning aa Aitack Chaxacterization Nov 8 5 Jr praparea 8 NQV r AQCOM'CQmman jandn gntraz Sy$tem Master lan SeRevw 1 Jan 99 30 Nev 79 pp 3-15 3416 Int rest Papar on BMEWS Modernizatien Sh eclilg Jan by_Maj L WigkiasIXPDW 11 Jan 89 360 inj @gg El ming Eh Pr gsr quts Div to AKKP Talking Papers 1501 19 15 Dag Msgv 3 ecl 15 Sap 99 CJCS Military Gsture Staiement Sep 79 Dec 198humor-V a 23 sg U t9 Hg Medernizatia 7Q Baa S-Revw gjJ - to far Gen Ailen Gen Slay Enha ted fg_$ Peximetex Acqnisition Ra ar CharaCterizati n 16 15162 Mar 79 Baa-1933 39 91 far G ns llen J A H111 aa Slay erm Gen J Hill 38 2226 Mar 7 1343 4r gnu w m mu writ man A Jar- 3w up av-m luv-inf um t- 541 wk 5 i - mw w-rar wus '1 a rm asrgs Ms m 3 r- - m3 ir fmiet z i 5-93 -14 A gust 133 W E4 833 Sahecl 6 Feb 35 Maj Gen R garbar DOS Plans ana rograms NGRAD t0 Modarnization 1 Feb with gtch Mag Sn ecl 5 Feb CINCAEXCY tG Hq lz l QGZ Mar 9 Dec 195 15 Brig Gen Lindemang'DCS Plans an ABCGM ta 33 IBM TOQG Reylagement May 9 I 16 Background Paper an BME%S M0dernizatimn U prgi pared by Capt 2 Ju1- 9 V e '5 '17 Hist SwRevw sz' ac af AQCGM 19774736 pp 193 134 matefial use 5 Becl 963 Talki g Fapar on BMEWS mud evnization S ecl 31 Dec prepare by Capt Harman XPDS 18 Jan 9 Bus 18 Backgr ndeaper an BMEWS Replacement S udy SFRevw 2 Nov 25 Api'gg Ema 198 to 338 Col Jt P Fost r ap Bit Missile an Space Befense to'AfXP Repiacemant Stu y 23 Apr 7g 1g waaxyx7gea27naavw 18_Jul 93 Ge eral James a H1 R Ernwn Se ef 3 5 1 13 Jul 9 material us S Th$ Air chce stgd gpportive 9f BMEWS de rniZ ti was finally briefe tgf r Einneen an he 3tudy-af Variaus altergativesuasntinue thr ugh tha end qf the yeax hbwavgr 29 3 Gen James E t6 Han Gerald P Binneen Aast Sec ef n st 31 3 1 with 1 atch S ngl Ballistic Missile Ear1y warning System BMEWS PhaSed Array 21 Taiking Paper an EMEWS Ms arnizati SaDecl 31 ngc prepare By Eapt Harmwn XPBS 18 Jan 9 D0c sn ecz 31 Dec 91 Brig Sen W E Lin emami USS Plays and Programs ADQGM Impr emant Siatas 8 Jan 79 Dec 601 R Kenty Asst SlPlans and Fragrams RECUM 6 eta f Statas 32 Jan 7 30 201_ a 22 U 601 Wg Kanty gs BCS Eians_an r0v grams AEGOM fbg f c ea 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SP8 to P rmanen Sitei 1313 NGV 39 Bea 99 CINCADXCS 8X Managgment Transfer Bate fer SLAB g ABCQM CernhuSker AAP Nb 7 Eda y nun-amnmm ac This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu