MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System) Series III Infrared Sensor

Part of Air Force program begining in the late 1950s to provide early warning of a Soviet Missile attack.

 

Taken at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: James S. McDonnell Space Hangar in Dulles, VA.

 

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