North American Aerospace Defense Command

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a bi-national United States–Canadian military organization responsible for aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf air and space defense command
binational military organization
abbreviation NORAD
alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organization
areaOfOperations airspace of Canada
airspace of the United States
approaches to North America
commandStructure binational U.S.-Canadian command
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
dateFormed 1958-05-12
formedAs North American Air Defense Command
foundingAgreement NORAD Agreement
foundingParties Government of Canada
Government of the United States
hasCommandCenter NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Center
hasComponent Alaskan NORAD Region
Canadian NORAD Region
Continental U.S. NORAD Region
headquartersCity Colorado Springs
headquartersCountry United States of America
headquartersLocation Peterson Space Force Base
headquartersState Colorado
inception 1958
language English
French
legalStatus binational command
monitors aircraft approaching North America
ballistic missile threats to North America
man-made objects in space
maritime threats to North America
notableActivity annual NORAD Tracks Santa program
parentOrganization Canadian Department of National Defence
United States Department of Defense
regionServed Alaska
Canada
Greenland
North American Arctic
United States of America
responsibility aerospace control for North America
aerospace warning for North America
maritime warning for North America
shortName NORAD
typeOfControl aerospace control
typeOfWarning aerospace warning
maritime warning
undergroundAlternateCommandCenter Cheyenne Mountain Complex
website https://www.norad.mil/
worksWith Canadian Joint Operations Command
United States Northern Command


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