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Fort Meade radar station information


Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP)
Baltimore, Maryland, Fort George G. Meade, Anne Arundel, Maryland
Coordinates39°45′12″N 75°27′00″W / 39.753393°N 75.450068°W / 39.753393; -75.450068
TypeFort
Site history
Built1959-60*
September 1966

The Fort Meade radar station was an air defence radar installation used by the Army and USAF. The site operated c. 1950 until 1979 and had a Project Nike command post and radar network.

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remained active until 1975, becoming a detachment of the 770th Radar Squadron at Fort Meade, Maryland. The housing reportedly was transferred to the U.S...

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spot on the moon and down either to the receiving station at the National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland, or to one of the other Navy SIGINT ships...

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India Remote Operations Center, a National Security Agency facility in Fort Meade, Maryland Restaurant Opportunities Center, a union-supported labor group...

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deployed first at Fort Meade, Maryland during December 1953. A further 240 launch sites were built up to 1962. They replaced 896 radar-guided anti-aircraft...

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