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 | Orford Ness is a shingle spit on the Suffolk coast. The UK Atomic Weapons Research Establishment had a base on the site, and is believed to have developed the firing mechanisms for nuclear devices there. The distinctive-looking 'pagodas' which housed test facilities were designed to collapse in the event of an accidental explosion. The work finally ended there in 1971 and the site is now a n... |  | 02/02/2006 | 570 | 



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 | The US Air Force's over-the-horizon-backscatter (OTH-B) air defense radar system |  | 01/12/2006 | 684 | 



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 | This site in Moscow, Maine was used to watch for Soviet missile attack during the Cold War. Abandoned almost as quickly as the Cold War. During its operational lifetime it provided cover to many marijuana farmers as surveillance helicopter flights were not allowed in the vicinity. |  | 08/03/2005 | 470 | 



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 | The Fort Allen Puerto Rico National Guard site in Ponce, PR has no residents, but it does include barracks and receiver site for Over the Horizon Radar run by 20 civilian defense contractors, on 940 acres. The Relocatable Over the Horizon Radar (ROTHR) is part of a surveillance network which designed to monitor flights over an area encompassing more than 1 million square miles in South America.... |  | 08/09/2007 | 464 | 



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 | Realtime Disasters and Emergency Events [RDEE] in the Earth.
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- RealTime Tropical Storm Monitor - [RTM]
- RealTime Vulcano Activity Monitor - [RVM]
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 | Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, witch belong to Australia. In 1856 Norfolk Island became the home of the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island
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 | Peoria and Eastern Railway (P&E) Company went from Indianapolis to Peoria. It was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New York Central System. It was not until August, 1996, when a portion of the line was sold to Norfolk Southern Corporation, that the line was no longer a part of the NY Central "Big Four" System. Based on a 1957 timetable. |  | 09/23/2005 | 678 | 



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 | This is RAF Neatishead that during the Cold War identified incomming Soviet aircraft and directed RAF fighters to intercept. It was used until recently but is now closed. In the top left of the site the orignial radar is visisble, and the red roofed building to the south of this is the entrance to the nuclear bunker which housed and protected the operators. An F-4 Phantom is the guard gate. |  | 12/31/2005 | 354 | 



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 | Skagen Radar Station
The 2D Military radar has been operational since 1978 and is part of NATOs radar coverage program. |  | 10/17/2006 | 248 | 



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 | The Lockheed Martin P-3 AEW Orion was developed using ex-Royal Australian Air Force and US Navy P-3B airframes, combined with the APS-125 Radar and Mission System (later retrofitted with an APS-138 system) from the United States Navy E-2 Hawkeye carrier-borne AEW&C aircraft. The United States Customs Service, which is at this time the sole user of the P-3 AEW, took delivery of the first one... |  | 11/08/2009 | 17 | 



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 | When you come to Norfolk by plane you'll be greeted from below. |  | 03/01/2006 | 306 | 



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 | The Mil Mi-14 (NATO reporting name "Haze") is a Soviet anti-submarine helicopter which is derived from the earlier Mi-8.
Mi-14PZh
Amphibious firebuster version of Mi-14BT. Conversion price about USD1M.
The Mil Mi-14 is built in antisubmarine, mine countermeasures, and search and rescue versions. Its features include two Klimov TV3-117MT turboshaft... |  | 11/08/2009 | 60 | 



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