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AN/FSS-7

Technological advancement in the late 1950s and early 1960s enabled the US and Soviet Union to develop submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). To provide timely warning against Soviet SLBMs, the Air Force began work on an interim SLBM detection network consisting of several AN/FSS-7 radars located on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts. The network, eventually controlled by the 4783rd Surveillance Squadron of the 14th Aerospace Force, was fully operational by May 1972.

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