AN/FPS-17
"The Fans" Just the ticket for detecting Soviet space stuff in 1971.
Note the "security" fence - three drooping strands of barb wire strung from near-falling posts set in what appears to be sections of old oil drums. It begs the question "who or what is this fence supposed to keep out?" (probably idiots with cameras who would try to get directly in the radiation pattern for a better shot)
Copyright (c) 1970, 1971, 2014 Rod Bonser All rights reserved. No downloads, copies, reprints or reposts without permission.
AN/FPS-17
"The Fans" Just the ticket for detecting Soviet space stuff in 1971.
Note the "security" fence - three drooping strands of barb wire strung from near-falling posts set in what appears to be sections of old oil drums. It begs the question "who or what is this fence supposed to keep out?" (probably idiots with cameras who would try to get directly in the radiation pattern for a better shot)
Copyright (c) 1970, 1971, 2014 Rod Bonser All rights reserved. No downloads, copies, reprints or reposts without permission.