Super Combat Center
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A Super Combat Center was a planned Cold War command and control facility for ten NORAD regions/Air Divisions in Canada and the United States. For installation in nuclear bunkers, the command posts we
The CFB North Bay underground bunker had been planned for a Super Combat Center but was equipped with a vacuum tube AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central after the Q-7 successor, the solid-state AN/FSQ-32, was cancelled.
The AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central, referred to as the Q7, was a computerized air defense command and control system. It was used by the United States Air Force for ground-controlled interception a
The AN/FSQ-7 included a Maintenance Intercom System (the phone on end of cabinet).
Situation Display console and other parts at Computer History Museum
The AN/FSQ-7 had 100 system consoles, including the OA-1008 Situation Display (SD) with a light gun (at end of cable under plastic museum cover), cigarette lighter, and ash tray (left of the light gun).
Maintenance Console