PAVE PAWS nuclear early-warning system. Aerial photograph of the nuclear missile early-warning system at Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts, USA. Called the Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS), several such radar facilities were established in the 1980s and 1990s to detect sea-based nuclear launches by the USSR. Here, construction is nearing completion. Photographed in the 1980s. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Library of Congress |
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