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Air Force Examining Modernization of Early Warning Radars

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Air Force Examining Modernization of Early Warning Radars
The Raytheon AN/FPS-108 COBRA Dane radar, located at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska in the Aleutians, collects radar metric and signature data on foreign ballistic missile launches and space surveillance data on new foreign launches and satellites in low-Earth orbit (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is examining modernization of its system of early warning radars and airborne command and control assets in Alaska. "It's time to take a look at new ways of doing these things, and this is a topic that's under way," Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said on Nov. 19 during a virtual forum of the Alaska World Affairs Council to discuss the service's recently released Arctic strategy. The U.S. Air Force in July released what it called…

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