SAGE Direction Centers

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Cold War military installation air defense command center

SAGE Direction Centers were hardened command-and-control facilities that housed computers and radar data-processing systems to coordinate and direct North American air defense during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War military installation ⓘ
air defense command center ⓘ
cameIntoOperation early 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
constructionBegan mid-1950s ⓘ
controlledFrom SAGE Combat Centers NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decommissionedInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
early 1980s ⓘ
developedInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
hasComponent AN/FSQ-7 computer NERFINISHED ⓘ
backup power systems ⓘ
communications equipment ⓘ
operations floor ⓘ
radar data display consoles ⓘ
weapons direction room ⓘ
hasFunction air defense coordination ⓘ
command and control ⓘ
ground-controlled interception ⓘ
radar data processing ⓘ
weapons direction ⓘ
hasProperty blast-resistant design ⓘ
hardened facility ⓘ
multiple floors ⓘ
redundant systems ⓘ
reinforced concrete construction ⓘ
windowless structure ⓘ
integratedWith BOMARC missile sites NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ground Air Transmit Receive sites ⓘ
Nike missile batteries NERFINISHED ⓘ
gap-filler radar sites ⓘ
interceptor air bases ⓘ
long-range radar stations ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
monitoredBy North American Aerospace Defense Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableExample DC-01 McGuire AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-02 Stewart AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-03 Syracuse Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-04 Fort Lee Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-05 Selfridge AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-06 Custer AFS Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-07 Truax Field Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-08 Richards-Gebaur AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-09 Gunter AFS Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-10 Duluth Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-11 Grand Forks Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-12 Malmstrom AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-13 Adair AFS Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-14 Luke AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-15 Norton AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-16 Beale AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-17 McChord AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-18 Larson AFB Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-19 Topsham AFS Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-20 Bangor Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-21 Hancock Field Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-22 Sioux City Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
DC-23 Grand Forks (second) Direction Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfUnits approximately 23 ⓘ
operatedBy Air Defense Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf Semi-Automatic Ground Environment NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Joint Surveillance System NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern NORAD command centers ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
usedFor continental air defense ⓘ
coordination of interceptor aircraft ⓘ
coordination of surface-to-air missiles ⓘ
integration of radar networks ⓘ
interception of hostile aircraft ⓘ
usedTechnology automatic weapons assignment ⓘ
long-distance data links ⓘ
modem-based communications ⓘ
radar track correlation ⓘ
real-time digital computing ⓘ

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Air Defense Command → notableSystem → SAGE Direction Centers ⓘ