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Repository: Local History Centre, Gundry Lane, Bridport
RAF Defence Radar Museum information board - flic.kr/p/2iYmj27
The Type 95 Radar is a good example of a small transportable Radar. It is a development of the American AN/UPS1 Radar which was first developed in the late 1960's and was introduced into RAF service following trials in 1967. Due to reliability with the AN/UPS1 Radar, Marconi produced an upgraded version, the S259 which entered service with the RAF as the Type 95 Radar in the early 1970's.
Designed as a fully transportable modular Radar, the Type 95 was a significant advance on radars such as the Type 14 Radar, it was designed to replace as a mobile unit. Very soon the new Type 95 Radars, along with the older AN/UPS1 Radars, were being used by 1 ACC (No. 1 Air Control Centre) then based at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. 1 ACC are the organisation in the RAF responsible for deployed mobile Radar units where ever they are operated in the world.
In addition to the Radars being used in exercises, both in the UK and abroad, numerous operational deployments took place. Type 95 Radars were routinely put to good use as gap-fillers, standing in for main Radars at permanent Air Defence Radar sites along the East Coast of Britain, also Malta and Cyprus when their Radars are undergoing maintenance. RAF Saxa Vord, in the Shetland Islands has one on ''permanent loan'' as it was simply not cost affective to keep on moving it between the UK mainland and the Shetland Islands given the location of that particular base.
Just as they were reaching the end of their useful lives, the Type 95 Radars were to see a new lease of life due to the Falklands crisis in 1982. The outbreak of hostilities saw the Radars rapidly being made available for shipping to the Falkland Islands as part of the preparation to re-establish the British Air Defence network once the Islands were recaptured from the Argentinean forces. By the summer of 1983, a Type 95 was at Ajax Bay, overlooking San Carlos Water with further Radars located at locations such as Byron Heights and Mount Alice. The Type 95's were finally replaced by AR3D Radars though several remained on the Islands as reserves until the early 1990's.
The Type 95 Radar at the RAF Defence Radar Museum illustrates the compact nature of such mobile Radar systems which were meant to be self contained. In practice, such Radars form part of quite a complex site as a lot of other equipment is needed to enable to enable the site to operate. Many of those who served in the Falklands in the 1980's recall sprawling bases with generator, store, messes, accommodation etc - all being subjected to wind, rain, mud and snow. Life at the deployed Radar stations was far from pleasant and most RAF personnel were glad to leave them after their 4 month tour of duty !
General characteristics -
▪︎Years In Use: 1967 to 1990
▪︎Range: 120 miles
▪︎Aerial Size: 16 ft x 4 ft 9 in
▪︎Scanning Speed: Up to 15 rev/min
▪︎Horizontal Beam Width: 3.8°
▪︎Vertical Beam Width: 10°
▪︎Frequency: 1.25 to 1.35 GHz (wavelength)
▪︎Pulse Width: 5 μS
▪︎Power Output: 2,000 Kw peak
▪︎Pulse Frequency: 250 pulses per second (PRF).
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Soldiers from the Givati Brigade, during a week long live-fire field training exercise ‘’Givati’s War Week’’ – October 10th 2011
Photos: Shay Levy
Dan Peterman, 2007, au CAPC de Bordeaux
Civilian defence est visuellement proche d'un abri militaire, cet espace de discussion fut imaginé pour provoquer des échanges.
"La première chose qu’il faut faire, c’est prendre soin de votre cerveau. La deuxième est de vous extraire de tout système d’endoctrinement.
Il vient alors un moment ou ça devient un réflexe de lire la première page de votre journal en y recensant les mensonges et les distorsions, un réflexe de replacer tout cela dans un cadre rationnel.
Pour y arriver, vous devez encore reconnaitre que l’Etat, les corporations, les medias et ainsi de suite, vous considère comme un ennemi ; vous devez donc apprendre à vous défendre.
Si nous avions un vrai système d’éducation, on y donnerait des cours d’autodéfense intellectuelle."
Noam Chomsky
Walking back along the south side of the Trent after lunchtime Lemonade at the Ferry Inn, Wilford.
The Ferry Inn at Wilford, has, for years been consistently, the "Worst Pub in The World in the Nicest Spot". The management should be dragged to Market Square through the Meadows and then force fed their "food" (which never turn up because their wouldn't be enough staff) whilst sitting under their heated umbrellas. Wish their was another pub nearby.
Israeli Soldiers from the Givati Brigade, during a week long live-fire field training exercise ‘’Givati’s War Week’’ – October 10th 2011
Photos: Shay Levy
Israeli Defence Force officer cadets from the Geffen Battalion at Training Base 1 during a field training exercise - storming straight into thorny bushes and dense vegetation, preparing them for the anything they may encounter in the next conflict – January 2012
La Défence è il quartiere di Parigi più ricco di attività commerciali,
La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris.
Israeli Defence Force officer cadets from the Geffen Battalion at Training Base 1 during a field training exercise - storming straight into thorny bushes and dense vegetation, preparing them for the anything they may encounter in the next conflict – January 2012
The headquarters of the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom, Whitehall.
Part of the Walking the District Line set.
Israeli Soldiers from the Givati Brigade, during a week long live-fire field training exercise ‘’Givati’s War Week’’ – October 10th 2011
Photos: Shay Levy
Israeli Defence Force officer cadets from the Geffen Battalion at Training Base 1 during a field training exercise - storming straight into thorny bushes and dense vegetation, preparing them for the anything they may encounter in the next conflict – January 2012
Israeli Defence Force officer cadets from the Geffen Battalion at Training Base 1 during a field training exercise - storming straight into thorny bushes and dense vegetation, preparing them for the anything they may encounter in the next conflict – January 2012
Israeli Defence Force (IDF) soldiers arrive to an army base as some 16,000 reserve troops are drafted in, on November 16, 2012 near southern border, Israel. Conflict between the Israeli military and Palestian miltants has intensified over the last few days, with Israel striking some 130 targets overnight.