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Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Radars

Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Radars. EECS 725 – Spring 2014 Ned Howard. Russian Cold War Systems Duga-3 aka “Steelyard” aka “Woodpecker”. -Towers on Left, 479 feet tall -Towers on Right, 295 feet tall -Half a mile long -10 MW. OTH Diagram.

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Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Radars

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  1. Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Radars EECS 725 – Spring 2014 Ned Howard

  2. Russian Cold War SystemsDuga-3 aka “Steelyard” aka“Woodpecker” • -Towers on Left, 479 feet tall • -Towers on Right, 295 feet tall • -Half a mile long • -10 MW

  3. OTH Diagram

  4. VHF range (3-30 MHz)Tall Towers for Higher Frequencies, Short Towers for Low Frequencies

  5. 15 km range resolution?Turrible…..

  6. Dnestr or “Hen House” RadarsConsidered 1st Generation of Soviet Defense Radars (early 1960s) • 154 to 162 MHz • Range of a few thousand km (exact depends on RCS) • Better range resolution (only a few km) • None left that are operational (destroyed or upgraded) • were 5 or so at one point

  7. Daryl Radars2nd Generation of Soviet Defense Radars (1980s) • 2 still in operation • More advanced capabilities such as tracking of multiple targets • 6000 km range • 150 to 200 MHz

  8. Infrared Satellite Networks “US-KS” “US-KMO”

  9. VoronezhCurrent Russian System • Not very much technical stuff public • Some still being developed • 6,000 meter range • “Far superior to any similar foreign models”…according to Russians

  10. Enough of the Russians already…

  11. United States Systems

  12. The Big 3 • PAVE PAWS (Phased Array Warning System) • BMEWS (Ballistic Missile Early Warning System) • PARCS (Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System)

  13. PAVE PAWS Data Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska and Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, Colorado “warning and attack-assesment information on all intercontinental ballistic missiles launched throughout the world that might be headed for the US” (Keller) -Antenna at Right from Clear Air Force Station, Alaska

  14. BMEWS Shown in Red on Picture to the Right PAVE PAWS in Blue Data Headquarters at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, Colorado

  15. PARCS Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota Range of 3000 km 442 MHz “Monitors and tracks more than half of all Earth-orbiting objects with its AN/FPQ-16 phased-array radar system pointed northward over Hudson Bay, and analyzes more than 20,000 tracks per day, from giant satellites to space debris.” (Keller)

  16. Other Types “GIRAFFE” C-band, 45 to 180 km AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System)

  17. Thank You, and as always….Have a nice day.

  18. References Keller, John. “Air Force eyes upgrades…”Military & Aerospace Electronics Magazine. Feb 1st, 2012. Richards Mark, et al. “Principles of Modern Radar. Basic Principles.”. Scitech Publishing, 2010. Thurst, Paul. “STEELYARD Over the Hozrizon Radar”. Uniform Circular Motion LLC. April 2nd, 2010.

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