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Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
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The Semi-Automated Ground Environment was a system of large computers and associated networking equipment that coordinated data from many radar sites and processed it to produce a single unified image
The 4-story SAGE blockhouses with 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) of floor space "were hardened [for] overpressures of" 5 psi (34 kPa). A shorter adjoining buildin
The 4-story SAGE blockhouses with 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) of floor space "were hardened [for] overpressures of" 5 psi (34 kPa). A shorter adjoining building (left) had generators below the 4 intake/exhaust structures on the roof. (DC-01 shown)
Whirlwind computer elements: core memory (left) and operator console
Whirlwind computer elements: core memory (left) and operator console
Module from a SAGE
Module from a SAGE
The RCA #6499 Radechon tube was used for random-access memory in the computers.
The RCA #6499 Radechon tube was used for random-access memory in the computers.
CIM-10 Bomarc
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The Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc was a supersonic ramjet powered long-range surface-to-air missile used during the Cold War for the air defense of North America. In addition to being the first operational lon
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
…sites was an enormous network of telephones, modems and teleprinters. Later additions to the system allowed SAGE's tracking data to be sent directly to CIM-10 Bomarc missiles and some of the US Air Force's interceptor aircraft in-flight, directly updating their autopilots to maintain an intercept course without…
A Bomarc missile begins its "climb phase" of launch. The midcourse phase and homing dive used ramjets.
A Bomarc missile begins its "climb phase" of launch. The midcourse phase and homing dive used ramjets.
October 1960, BOMARCs in New Jersey (BOMARC Site No. 1)
October 1960, BOMARCs in New Jersey (BOMARC Site No. 1)
A CQM-10B drone launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1977.
A CQM-10B drone launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1977.
Bomarc B on display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, c. 2006.
Bomarc B on display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, c. 2006.