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searchaux" style="display:none">Radio navigation system</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about LORAN. Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Loran-C" title="Loran-C">Loran-C</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LORAN_AN-APN-4_receiver_set.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LORAN_AN-APN-4_receiver_set.jpg/220px-LORAN_AN-APN-4_receiver_set.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LORAN_AN-APN-4_receiver_set.jpg/330px-LORAN_AN-APN-4_receiver_set.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LORAN_AN-APN-4_receiver_set.jpg/440px-LORAN_AN-APN-4_receiver_set.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="862" /></a><figcaption>The AN/APN-4 was an airborne LORAN receiver used into the 1960s. It was built in two parts to match the UK's Gee system, and could be swapped with Gee in a few minutes.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>LORAN</b> (<b>Long Range Navigation</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Hyperbolic_navigation" title="Hyperbolic navigation">hyperbolic</a> <a href="/wiki/Radio_navigation" title="Radio navigation">radio navigation</a> system developed in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. It was similar to the UK's <a href="/wiki/Gee_(navigation)" title="Gee (navigation)">Gee</a> system but operated at lower frequencies in order to provide an improved range up to 1,500 miles (2,400 km) with an accuracy of tens of miles. It was first used for ship convoys crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and then by long-range patrol aircraft, but found its main use on the ships and aircraft operating in the Pacific theater during World War II. </p><p>LORAN, in its original form, was an expensive system to implement, requiring a <a href="/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathode ray tube">cathode ray tube</a> (CRT) display. This limited use to the military and large commercial users. Automated receivers became available in the 1950s, but the same improved electronics also opened the possibility of new systems with higher accuracy. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> began development of <b>Loran-B</b>, which offered accuracy on the order of a few tens of feet, but ran into significant technical problems. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> worked on a different concept, Cyclan, which the Navy took over as <a href="/wiki/Loran-C" title="Loran-C">Loran-C</a>, which offered longer range than LORAN and accuracy of hundreds of feet. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Coast Guard">U.S. Coast Guard</a> took over operations of both systems in 1958. </p><p>In spite of the dramatically improved performance of Loran-C, LORAN, now known as <b>Loran-A</b> (or "Standard LORAN"), would become much more popular during this period. This was due largely to the large numbers of surplus Loran-A units released from the Navy as ships and aircraft replaced their sets with Loran-C. The widespread introduction of inexpensive <a href="/wiki/Microelectronics" title="Microelectronics">microelectronics</a> during the 1960s caused Loran-C receivers to drop in price dramatically, and Loran-A use began to rapidly decline. Loran-A was dismantled starting in the 1970s; it remained active in North America until 1980 and the rest of the world until 1985. A Japanese chain remained on the air until 9 May 1997, and a Chinese chain was still listed as active as of 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Loran-A used two frequency bands, at 1.85 and 1.95 MHz. These same frequencies were used by <a href="/wiki/Radio_amateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio amateur">radio amateurs</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">amateur radio</a> <a href="/wiki/160-meter_band" title="160-meter band">160-meter band</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson1959_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson1959-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and amateur operators were under strict rules to operate at reduced power levels to avoid interference; depending on their location and distance to the shore, U.S. operators were limited to maximums of 200 to 500 watts during the day and 50 to 200 watts at night.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEProc2012_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEProc2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "National Timing Resilience and Security Act" of 2017, proposed repurposing LORAN real estate and radio spectrum for a new terrestrial navigation system as a <a href="/wiki/GPS_backup" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS backup">backup</a> for the United States in case of a GPS outage caused by <a href="/wiki/Space_weather" title="Space weather">space weather</a> or attack.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ELoran" title="ELoran">eLoran</a> has been proposed as a viable technology, which is already being pursued by other countries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Project_3">Project 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Project 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At a 1 October 1940 meeting of the U.S. Army Signal Corps' Technical Committee, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lee_Loomis" title="Alfred Lee Loomis">Alfred Loomis</a>, chair of the Microwave Committee of the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Research_Committee" title="National Defense Research Committee">National Defense Research Committee</a>, proposed building a hyperbolic navigation system. He predicted that such a system could provide an accuracy of at least 1,000 feet (300 m) at a range of 200 miles (320 km), and a maximum range of 300–500 miles (480–800 km) for high-flying aircraft. This led to the "Precision Navigational Equipment for Guiding Airplanes" specification, which was sent back to the Microwave Committee and formed up as "Project 3".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991305_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991305-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Orders for initial systems were sent out at a follow-up meeting on 20 December 1940. <a href="/wiki/Edward_George_Bowen" title="Edward George Bowen">Edward George Bowen</a>, developer of the <a href="/wiki/AI_Mk._IV_radar" class="mw-redirect" title="AI Mk. IV radar">first airborne radar systems</a>, was also at the 20 December meeting. He stated that he was aware of similar work in the UK, but didn't know enough about it to offer any suggestions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194819_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194819-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Project 3 moved to the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Radiation_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Radiation Laboratory">Radiation Laboratory</a>'s Navigation Group in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194821_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194821-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early systems operated around 30 MHz, but it was later decided to try experiments with different equipment that could be tuned from 3 to 8 MHz.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194821_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194821-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These lower frequency systems were found to be much more stable electronically. After first considering setting up transmitters on mountain peaks, the team instead settled on two abandoned Coast Guard stations at <a href="/wiki/Montauk_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Montauk Point">Montauk Point</a>, New York, and <a href="/wiki/Fenwick_Island,_Delaware" title="Fenwick Island, Delaware">Fenwick Island, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194820_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194820-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the receiving end, a <a href="/wiki/Station_wagon" title="Station wagon">station wagon</a> was fitted with a simple receiver and sent around the country looking for solid signals, which were found as far away as <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Missouri" title="Springfield, Missouri">Springfield, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194821_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194821-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For a production system, the team began working with a system using a circular <a href="/wiki/J-scope" class="mw-redirect" title="J-scope">J-scope</a> display for improved accuracy. The more common A-scope represents distances across the diameter of the tube, while the J-scope presents this as the angle around the <a href="/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathode ray tube">cathode ray tube</a>'s face.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991305–306_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991305–306-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This increases the amount of room on the scale by a factor of π for any given display size, improving accuracy. In spite of using the J-scope, and adopting the lower frequency change for more stability, the team found accurate measurements of range quite difficult. At the time, the procedure for generating sharp pulses of signals was in its infancy, and their signals were considerably spread out in time, making measurements difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991305_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991305-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By this time the team had become aware of the UK's <a href="/wiki/Gee_(navigation)" title="Gee (navigation)">Gee</a> efforts, and were aware that Gee used a system of electronically generated <i>strobes</i> that produced pips on the display that were accurately aligned with system timing. They sent a team to the UK to learn about the strobe concept, and immediately adopted it for their work. As part of this exchange, the Project 3 team also found that Gee was almost identical to their own system in concept and desired performance. Unlike their system, Gee had largely completed development and was proceeding to production. The decision was made to abandon the current efforts,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194822_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalfordDavidsonWaldschmitt194822-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> use Gee on their own aircraft, and re-develop their system for the long-range role instead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LORAN">LORAN</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: LORAN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LORAN_display_in_Canso.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/LORAN_display_in_Canso.jpg/220px-LORAN_display_in_Canso.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/LORAN_display_in_Canso.jpg/330px-LORAN_display_in_Canso.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/LORAN_display_in_Canso.jpg/440px-LORAN_display_in_Canso.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1269" /></a><figcaption>AN/APN-4 LORAN in RCAF Canso (PBY) aircraft.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LORAN_R-65_APN-9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LORAN_R-65_APN-9.jpg/220px-LORAN_R-65_APN-9.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="453" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LORAN_R-65_APN-9.jpg/330px-LORAN_R-65_APN-9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LORAN_R-65_APN-9.jpg/440px-LORAN_R-65_APN-9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>R-65/APN-9 in a B-17G aircraft</figcaption></figure> <p>The decision to switch to the long-range role meant that the high accuracy of the Gee system was not needed, which greatly reduced the need to address the timing problems. This change in purpose also demanded the use of even lower frequencies, which could reflect off the <a href="/wiki/Ionosphere" title="Ionosphere">ionosphere</a> at night and thus provide over-the-horizon operation. Two frequency bands were initially selected, 1.85 and 1.95 MHz for nighttime use (160 meters), and 7.5 MHz (40 meters). The 7.5 MHz, labeled "HF" on early receivers, was never used operationally.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid-1942, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Dippy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Dippy (page does not exist)">Robert Dippy</a>, the lead developer of the Gee system at the <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_Research_Establishment" title="Telecommunications Research Establishment">Telecommunications Research Establishment</a> (TRE) in the UK, was sent to the US for eight months to help with LORAN development. At the time the project was being driven primarily by Captain Harding of the U.S. Navy, and they were concentrating entirely on a shipboard system. Dippy convinced them that an airborne version was definitely possible, leading to some interest by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Force">U.S. Army Air Force</a>. The Navy was unhappy about this turn of events. Dippy also instituted a number of simple changes that would prove extremely useful in practice. Among these, he outright demanded that the airborne LORAN receivers be built physically similar to the Gee receivers, so that they could be swapped out in service simply by replacing the receiver unit. This would prove extremely useful; <a href="/wiki/RAF_Transport_Command" title="RAF Transport Command">RAF Transport Command</a> aircraft could swap their receivers when moving to or from the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> theatre. Dippy also designed the ground station timing equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was around this time that the project was joined by both the U.S. Coast Guard and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a>. The project was still top secret at this time, and little actual information was shared, especially with the Coast Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParrott1944§1,_p.1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParrott1944§1,_p.1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Canadian liaison was required, as ideal siting for the stations would require several stations in various locations in the Canadian <a href="/wiki/The_Maritimes" title="The Maritimes">Maritime Provinces</a>. One site in <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> proved to be a battle; the site was owned by a fisherman whose domineering <a href="/wiki/Teetotalism" title="Teetotalism">teetotaler</a> wife was dead set against having anything to do with the sinful Navy men. When the site selection committee of J.A. Waldschmitt and Lt. Cdmr. Argyle were discussing the matter with the husband, a third visitor arrived and he offered the men cigarettes. They refused, and the hostess then asked if they drank. When they said they did not, the land was quickly secured.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParrott1944§1,_p.12_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParrott1944§1,_p.12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>LORAN was soon ready for deployment, and the first chain went live in June 1942 at Montauk and Fenwick. This was joined shortly thereafter by two stations in <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Bonavista,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador">Bonavista</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_Harbour,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador">Battle Harbour</a>, and then by two stations in Nova Scotia, at <a href="/wiki/Baccaro,_Nova_Scotia" title="Baccaro, Nova Scotia">Baccaro</a> and Deming Island.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParrott1944§1,_pp._11–12_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParrott1944§1,_pp._11–12-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional stations all along the U.S. and Canadian east coast were installed through October, and the system was declared operational in early 1943. By the end of that year additional stations had been installed in <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hebrides" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a>, offering continuous coverage across the North Atlantic. <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a> had another station installed in <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a>, offering coverage over Norway, a major staging ground for German U-boats and capital ships.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion">Expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:(LR-17)_Yellow_Sea_-_DPLA_-_1f81f28d0ce0a820a0d8894fde1b02b6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%28LR-17%29_Yellow_Sea_-_DPLA_-_1f81f28d0ce0a820a0d8894fde1b02b6.jpg/220px-%28LR-17%29_Yellow_Sea_-_DPLA_-_1f81f28d0ce0a820a0d8894fde1b02b6.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%28LR-17%29_Yellow_Sea_-_DPLA_-_1f81f28d0ce0a820a0d8894fde1b02b6.jpg/330px-%28LR-17%29_Yellow_Sea_-_DPLA_-_1f81f28d0ce0a820a0d8894fde1b02b6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%28LR-17%29_Yellow_Sea_-_DPLA_-_1f81f28d0ce0a820a0d8894fde1b02b6.jpg/440px-%28LR-17%29_Yellow_Sea_-_DPLA_-_1f81f28d0ce0a820a0d8894fde1b02b6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="15651" data-file-height="12006" /></a><figcaption>LORAN chart of the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow Sea</a>, 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>The enormous distances and lack of useful navigation points in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> led to widespread use of LORAN for both ships and aircraft during the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. In particular, the accuracy offered by LORAN allowed aircraft to reduce the amount of extra fuel they would otherwise have to carry to ensure they could find their base after a long mission. This reduced fuel load allowed the bombload to be increased. By the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> there were 72 LORAN stations, with over 75,000 receivers in use.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additional chains in the Pacific were added in the post-war era. A spurt in construction followed the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, including new chains in Japan and one at <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, Korea. Chains were also installed in China, prior to the ultimate end of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Revolution" title="Chinese Communist Revolution">Chinese Communist Revolution</a>, and these stations remained on the air at least into the 1990s. A final major expansion took place in Portugal and the Azores in 1965, offering additional coverage to the mid-Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEProc2012_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEProc2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SS_LORAN">SS LORAN</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: SS LORAN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During early experiments with LORAN's skywaves, Jack Pierce noticed that at night the reflective layer in the ionosphere was quite stable. This led to the possibility that two LORAN stations could be synchronized using skywave signals, at least at night, allowing them to be separated over much greater distances. Accuracy of a hyperbolic system is a function of the baseline distance, so if the stations could be spread out, the system would become more accurate, so fewer stations would be needed for any desired navigational task.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A test system was first attempted on 10 April 1943 between the LORAN stations at Fenwick and Bonavista, 1,100 miles (1,800 km) away. This test demonstrated accuracy of ½ mile, significantly better than normal LORAN. This led to a second round of tests in late 1943, this time using four stations, Montauk, <a href="/wiki/East_Brewster,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="East Brewster, Massachusetts">East Brewster, Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gooseberry_Falls,_Minnesota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gooseberry Falls, Minnesota (page does not exist)">Gooseberry Falls, Minnesota</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHefley19726_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHefley19726-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Key West, Florida">Key West, Florida</a>. Extensive evaluation flights revealed an average error of 1–2 miles (1.6–3.2 km).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson19628–9_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson19628–9-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nighttime mode of operation was a perfect fit for <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a>. The four test stations were dismantled and shipped across the Atlantic,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson19628–9_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson19628–9-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and re-installed to form two chains, <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>-<a href="/wiki/Bizerta" class="mw-redirect" title="Bizerta">Bizerta</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oran" title="Oran">Oran</a>-<a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a>. Known as <b>Skywave-Synchronized LORAN</b>, or <b>SS LORAN</b>, the system provided coverage anywhere south of Scotland and as far east as Poland with an average accuracy of one mile. The system was used operationally in October 1944, and by 1945 it was universally installed in <a href="/wiki/No._5_Group_RAF" title="No. 5 Group RAF">No. 5 Group RAF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307–308_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307–308-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same basic concept was also tested post-war by the Coast Guard in a system known as "Skywave Long Baseline LORAN". The only difference was the selection of different frequencies, 10.585 MHz in the day, and 2 MHz at night. Initial tests were carried out in May 1944 between <a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Massachusetts" title="Chatham, Massachusetts">Chatham, Massachusetts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fernandina,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Fernandina, Florida">Fernandina, Florida</a>, and a second set between <a href="/wiki/Hobe_Sound,_Florida" title="Hobe Sound, Florida">Hobe Sound, Florida</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Point_Chinato,_Puerto_Rico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Point Chinato, Puerto Rico (page does not exist)">Point Chinato, Puerto Rico</a>, in December–January 1945–46. The system was not put into operation, due to a lack of suitable frequency allocations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson19628–9_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson19628–9-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Loran-B_and_C">Loran-B and C</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Loran-B and C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Loran-C" title="Loran-C">Loran-C</a></div> <p>LORAN was a simple system that compared the arrival times of pulses to make a measurement. Ideally, perfectly formed rectangular blips would be displayed on the CRT, whose leading edge could be compared with a high degree of accuracy. In practice, the transmitters cannot turn on and off instantly, and due to a variety of factors the resulting blips are spread out in time, forming an <i><a href="/wiki/Envelope_(waves)" title="Envelope (waves)">envelope</a></i>. The sharpness of the envelope is a function of the frequency, meaning the lower-frequency systems like LORAN will always have longer envelopes with less well-defined start and stop points, and thus generally have less accuracy than higher-frequency systems like Gee.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcElroy2004_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcElroy2004-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is an entirely different way to accomplish the same timing measurement, not by comparing the timing of the pulse envelopes, but timing the <a href="/wiki/Phase_(waves)" title="Phase (waves)">phase</a> of the signals. This is actually quite easy to perform using simple electronics and can be displayed directly using a simple mechanical pointer. The trick to such a system is to ensure the primary and secondary stations are phase-coherent, a complex proposition during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. But by isolating the expensive portions of the system at the few broadcast stations, the <a href="/wiki/Decca_Navigation_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Decca Navigation System">Decca Navigation System</a> using this technique went active in 1944, offering accuracy similar to Gee but using low-cost mechanical displays which were also much easier to use.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESandDammannMensing20044–6_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESandDammannMensing20044–6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The downside to the phase comparison system is that it is not possible to know from a continuous wave signal, like Decca's, which part of the signal you are measuring. You could be comparing the first waveform from one station to the first from another, but the second waveform looks identical and the operator may line up those two waves instead. This leads to a problem where the operator can generate an accurate measurement, but the actual fix might be at a wide variety of locations. These locations are separated radially around the station, meaning a fix might be within a given radial direction or a fixed distance to either side. Decca referred to these radial areas as "lanes", and used a mechanical system to keep track of which one the receiver was in.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESandDammannMensing20044–6_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESandDammannMensing20044–6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By combining the two concepts, envelope timing and phase comparison, both of these problems could be eliminated. Since phase comparison is generally more accurate at low frequencies due to details of the electronics, taking accurate fixes would be based on this technique. But instead of broadcasting a continuous signal, as in the case of Decca, the signal would be in the form of pulses. These would be used to make a rough fix using the same technique as Gee or LORAN, positively identifying the lane. The only problem from a development standpoint would be selecting frequencies that allowed reasonably accurate pulse envelopes while still having measurable waveforms within the pulses, as well as developing displays capable of showing both the pulses as a whole, and the waves within them. </p><p>These concepts led to experiments with <b>Low Frequency LORAN</b> in 1945, using a much lower frequency of 180 kHz. A system with three transmitters was set up on the US east coast using long antennas supported by balloons. The experiments demonstrated that the inaccuracy inherent to the design while working at such low frequencies was simply too great to be useful; operational factors introduced errors that overwhelmed the capabilities. Nevertheless, the three transmitters were re-installed in northern <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> for experiments in polar navigation, and ran for three years until shutting down again in March 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPierce1948433–434_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPierce1948433–434-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These experiments demonstrated accuracy on the order of 0.15 microseconds, or about 50 metres (0.031 miles), a great advance over LORAN. Maximum usable range was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) over land and 1,500 miles (2,400 km) on the sea. Using cycle matching, the system demonstrated an accuracy of 160 feet (49 m) at 750 miles (1,210 km).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPierce1948433–434_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPierce1948433–434-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But it was also discovered that the system was very difficult to use and the measurements remained subject to confusion over which cycles to match.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson1959B.1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson1959B.1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During this same period, the U.S. Army Air Force became interested in a very-high accuracy system for bombing pinpoint targets. <a href="/wiki/Raytheon" title="Raytheon">Raytheon</a> won a contract to develop a system called "Cytac", which used the same basic techniques as LF LORAN, but included considerable automation to handle the timing internally without operator intervention. This proved to be extremely successful, with test-runs placing the aircraft within 10 yards of the target. As the mission changed from short-range tactical bombing to over-the-pole nuclear delivery, the (newly formed) <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> lost interest in the concept. Nevertheless, they continued experimentation with the equipment after adapting it to work on LF LORAN frequencies and renaming it "Cyclan", lowering accuracy compared to the original, but providing reasonable accuracy on the order of a mile at greatly increased distances.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson1959_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson1959-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Navy had also been experimenting with a similar concept during this period, but using a different method to extract the timing. This system, later known as <b>Loran-B</b>, ran into significant problems (as did another Air Force system, <b>Whyn</b> and a similar British system, <b>POPI</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHefley197295–97_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHefley197295–97-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1953 the Navy took over the Cyclan system and began a wide series of studies ranging as far away as Brazil, demonstrating accuracy to about 100 meters (330 ft). The system was declared operational in 1957, and operations of LORAN and Cyclan were handed to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESandDammannMensing20044–6_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESandDammannMensing20044–6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the original LORAN became <b>Loran-A</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHelfrick201266–67_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHelfrick201266–67-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <b>standard LORAN</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson196218_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson196218-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the new system became <b>Loran-C</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_use,_decommissioning"><span id="Commercial_use.2C_decommissioning"></span>Commercial use, decommissioning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commercial use, decommissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In spite of the greatly increased accuracy and ease-of-use of Loran-C, Loran-A remained in widespread use. This was due largely to two important factors. One was that the electronics needed to read a Loran-C signal were complex, and in the era of tube-based electronics, physically very large, generally fragile, and expensive. Further, as military ships and aircraft moved from Loran-A to Loran-C, the older receivers were made surplus. These older units were snapped up by commercial fishermen and other users, keeping it in widespread service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenny2012214–216_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenny2012214–216-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Loran-A continued to improve as the receivers were transistorized and then automated using <a href="/wiki/Microcontroller" title="Microcontroller">microcontroller</a>-based systems that decoded the location directly. By the early 1970s such units were relatively common, although they remained relatively expensive compared to devices like <a href="/wiki/Radio_direction_finder" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio direction finder">radio direction finders</a>. The improvement of electronics through this period was so rapid that it was only a few years before Loran-C units of similar size and cost were available. This led to the decision to open Loran-C to civilian use in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson20051854_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson20051854-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the late 1970s, the Coast Guard was in the midst of phasing out Loran-A in favor of additional Loran-C chains. The Aleutian and Hawaii chains shut down on 1 July 1979, the remaining Alaska and West Coast chains on 31 December 1979, followed by the Atlantic and Caribbean transmitters on 31 December 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollister197810_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollister197810-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several foreign chains in both the Pacific and Atlantic followed suit, and by 1985 most of the original chains were no longer operational. Japanese systems remained on the air longer, until 1991, serving their fishing fleet. Chinese systems were active into the 1990s before their replacement with more modern systems, and their nine chains were still listed as active in Volume 6 (2000 edition) of the <i>Admiralty List of Radio Signals</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation">Operation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Crude_loran_diagram.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Crude_loran_diagram.PNG/220px-Crude_loran_diagram.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Crude_loran_diagram.PNG/330px-Crude_loran_diagram.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Crude_loran_diagram.PNG/440px-Crude_loran_diagram.PNG 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="201" /></a><figcaption>A single leg of a LORAN system lies along the "baseline" from stations A to B. At any point between these stations, a receiver will measure a difference in timing of the two pulses. This same delay will occur in many other locations along a hyperbolic curve. A navigational chart showing a sample of these curves produces a graph like this image.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basic_concept">Basic concept</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Basic concept"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hyperbolic_navigation" title="Hyperbolic navigation">hyperbolic navigation</a></div> <p>Hyperbolic navigation systems can be divided into two main classes, those that calculate the time difference between two radio pulses, and those that compare the phase difference between two continuous signals. To illustrate the basic concept, this section will consider the pulse method only. </p><p>Consider two radio transmitters located at a distance of 300 kilometers (190 mi) from each other, which means the radio signal from one will take 1 <a href="/wiki/Millisecond" title="Millisecond">millisecond</a> to reach the other. One of these stations is equipped with an electronic clock that periodically sends out a trigger signal. When the signal is sent, this station, the "primary", sends out its transmission. 1 ms later that signal arrives at the second station, the "secondary". This station is equipped with a receiver, and when it sees the signal from the primary arrive, it triggers its own transmitter. This ensures that the primary and secondary send out signals precisely 1 ms apart, without the secondary needing an accurate timer of its own or to synchronize its clock with the primary. In practice, a fixed time is added to account for delays in the receiver electronics.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A receiver listening for these signals and displaying them on an oscilloscope will see a series of "blips" on the display. By measuring the distance between them, the delay between the two signals can be calculated. For instance, a receiver might measure the distance between the two blips to represent a delay of 0.5 ms. This implies that the <i>difference</i> in the distance to the two stations is 150 km. There are an infinite number of locations where that delay could be measured – 75 km from one station and 225 from the other, 150 km from one and 300 from the other, and so on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When plotted on a chart, the collection of possible locations for any given time difference forms a hyperbolic curve. The collection of curves for all possible measured delays forms a set of curved radiating lines, centered on the line between the two stations, known as the "baseline".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to take a fix, the receiver takes two measurements based on two different primary/secondary pairs. The intersections of the two sets of curves normally result in two possible locations. Using some other form of navigation, <a href="/wiki/Dead_reckoning" title="Dead reckoning">dead reckoning</a> for instance, one of these possible positions can be eliminated, thus providing an exact fix.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991297_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991297-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LORAN_stations">LORAN stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: LORAN stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LORAN-A_radio_signal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/LORAN-A_radio_signal.jpg/220px-LORAN-A_radio_signal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/LORAN-A_radio_signal.jpg/330px-LORAN-A_radio_signal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/LORAN-A_radio_signal.jpg/440px-LORAN-A_radio_signal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="165" /></a><figcaption>The signal from a single LORAN transmitter will be received several times from several directions. This image shows the weak groundwave arriving first, then signals after one and two hops off the ionosphere's E layer, and finally one and two hops off the F layer. Operator skill was needed to tell these apart.</figcaption></figure> <p>LORAN stations were built in chains, one primary and two secondaries (minimally, some chains were constituted of as many as five stations) typically separated by about 600 miles (970 km). Each pair broadcast on one of four frequencies, 1.75, 1.85, 1.9 or 1.95 <a href="/wiki/Megahertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Megahertz">MHz</a> (as well as the unused 7.5 MHz).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In any given location it was common to be able to receive more than three stations at a time, so some other means of identifying the pairs was needed. LORAN adopted the use of varying the <a href="/wiki/Pulse_repetition_frequency" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulse repetition frequency">pulse repetition frequency</a> (PRF) for this task, with each station sending out a string of 40 pulses at either 33.3 or 25 pulses per second.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LORAN_tower_station_on_Sand-Johnston_Island,_1963._(10055191304).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/LORAN_tower_station_on_Sand-Johnston_Island%2C_1963._%2810055191304%29.jpg/220px-LORAN_tower_station_on_Sand-Johnston_Island%2C_1963._%2810055191304%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/LORAN_tower_station_on_Sand-Johnston_Island%2C_1963._%2810055191304%29.jpg/330px-LORAN_tower_station_on_Sand-Johnston_Island%2C_1963._%2810055191304%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/LORAN_tower_station_on_Sand-Johnston_Island%2C_1963._%2810055191304%29.jpg/440px-LORAN_tower_station_on_Sand-Johnston_Island%2C_1963._%2810055191304%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6065" data-file-height="4904" /></a><figcaption>LORAN tower station on Sand Island in <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a>, 1963</figcaption></figure> <p>Stations were identified with a simple code, with a number indicating the frequency band, a letter for the pulse repetition frequency, and a number for the station within the chain. For instance, the three stations on the Hawaiian Islands were arranged as two pairs 2L 0 and 2L 1. This indicated that they were on channel 2 (1.85 MHz), used the "L"ow repetition rate (25 Hz), and that two of the stations were on the base repetition rate, while the other two (primary and the third station) used repetition rate 1.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945134_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945134-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PRF could be adjusted from 25 to 25 and 7/16th for Low, and 33 1/3 to 34 1/9th for High. This system shared the middle tower, which broadcast on both frequencies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945135_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945135-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the case of Gee, signals were direct from the transmitter to receiver, producing a clean signal that was easy to interpret. If displayed on a single CRT trace, the operator would see a string of sharp "blips", first the primary, then one of the secondaries, the primary again, and then the other secondary. Gee CRTs were built to be able to display two traces, and by tuning several delay circuits, the operator could make the first primary-secondary signal appear on the upper display and the second on the lower. They could then take a measurement of both delays at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In comparison, LORAN was deliberately designed to allow skywaves to be used, and the resulting received signal was far more complex. The groundwave remained fairly sharp, but could be received only at shorter distances and was primarily used during the day. At night, as many as thirty different skywaves might be received from a single transmitter, often overlapped in time, creating a complex return pattern. Since the pattern depended on the atmospherics between the transmitter and receiver, the received pattern was different for the two stations. One might receive a two-bounce skywave from one station at the same time as a three-bounce wave from another, making interpretation of the display quite difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991307-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although LORAN deliberately used the same display as Gee in order to share equipment, the signals were so much longer and more complex than Gee that direct measurement of the two signals was simply not possible. Even the initial signal from the primary station was spread out in time with the initial groundwave signal being sharp (if received), while the skywave receptions could appear anywhere on the display. Accordingly, the LORAN operator set the delays so the primary signal appeared on one trace and the secondary on the second, allowing the complex patterns to be compared. This meant that only one primary/secondary measurement could be made at once; to produce a "fix", the entire measurement procedure had to be repeated a second time using a different set of stations. Measurement times on the order of three to five minutes were typical, requiring the navigator to take into account the motion of the vehicle during this time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991306-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945130_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945130-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Measurement">Measurement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Measurement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original airborne receiver unit was AN/APN-4 unit of 1943. It was physically identical to the UK's two-piece Gee set, and could be easily interchanged with these units. The main unit with the display also housed most of the controls. General operation started by selecting one of nine stations, labeled 0 to 8, and setting the sweep speed to 1, the lowest setting. The operator would then use the intensity and focus controls to fine tune the signal and provide a sharp display.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945137_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945137-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the lowest sweep speed, the system also produced a local signal that was fed into the display and produced a sharply defined "pedestal", a rectangular shape displayed along the two traces.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amplified signal from the stations would also appear on the display, highly compressed in time so that it displayed as a series of sharp spikes (blips). As the signal was repeating, these spikes appeared many times across the width of the display. Because the display was set to sweep at the pulse repetition rate of the selected station pair, other stations in the area, at different repetition rates, would move across the display while the selected one would remain stationary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945137–140_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945137–140-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Using the "left-right" switch, the operator would move the upper pedestal until one of the signal spikes was centred within it, and then moved the pedestal on the lower trace to center a second signal using coarse and fine delay controls. Once this was done, the system was set to sweep speed 2, which sped up the traces so that the section outlined by the pedestals filled the entire trace. This process was repeated at sweep speed 3, at which point only a selected part of the signal was visible on the screen. Turning to sweep speed 4 did not change the timing, but instead superimposed the signals on a single trace so final tuning could take place, using the gain and amplifier balance controls. The goal was to perfectly align the two traces.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945140_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945140-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At that point, measurement starts. The operator switches to sweep speed 5, which returns to a display with two separated traces, with the signals inverted and running at a lower sweep speed so that multiple repetitions of the signal appear on the traces. Mixed into the signal is an electronic scale produced in a <a href="/wiki/Time_base_generator" title="Time base generator">time base generator</a>, causing a series of small pips to appear over the now-inverted original signals. At setting 5, the pips on the scale represent differences of 10 microseconds, and the operator measures the distance between positions. This is repeated for setting 6 at 50 microseconds, and again at setting 7 at 500 microseconds. The difference as measured at each of these settings is then added up to produce the total delay between the two signals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945140_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945140-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This entire procedure was then repeated for a second primary-secondary set, often the second set of the same chain but not always. </p><p>Receiver units improved greatly over time. The AN/APN-4 was quickly supplanted by the AN/APN-9 of 1945, an all-in-one unit combining the receiver and display of greatly reduced weight.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEProc2012_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEProc2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Range_and_accuracy">Range and accuracy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Range and accuracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the day the ionosphere only weakly reflects shortwave signals, and LORAN was usable at 500–700 nautical miles (930–1,300 km) using the groundwaves. At night these signals were suppressed and the range dropped to 350–500 nautical miles (650–930 km). At night the skywaves became useful for measurements, which extended the effective range to 1,200–1,400 nautical miles (2,200–2,600 km).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945130_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945130-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At long ranges the hyperbolic lines approximate straight lines radiating from the center of the baseline. When two such signals from a single chain are considered, the resulting pattern of lines becomes increasingly parallel as the baseline distance becomes smaller in comparison to the range. Thus at short distances the lines cross at angles close to 90 degrees, and this angle steadily reduces with range. Because the accuracy of the fix depends on the crossing angle, all hyperbolic navigation systems grow increasingly inaccurate with increasing range.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaigh1960245_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaigh1960245-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moreover, the complex series of received signals considerably confused the reading of the LORAN signal, requiring some interpretation. Accuracy was more a matter of signal quality and operator experience than any fundamental limit of the equipment or signals. The only way to express the accuracy was to measure it in practice; average accuracy on the route from Japan to Tinian, a distance of 1,400 miles (2,300 km), was 28 miles (45 km), 2% of range.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEProc2012_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEProc2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AT_and_Mobile_LORAN">AT and Mobile LORAN</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: AT and Mobile LORAN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AT LORAN, for "Air Transportable", was a lightweight LORAN transmitter set that could be rapidly set up as the front moved. Operations were identical to "normal" LORAN, but it was often assumed charts would not be available and would have to be prepared in the field. Mobile LORAN was another lightweight system, mounted on trucks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945134_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooke1945134-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to some sources, this originally stood for "Loomis Navigation System", or LRN, before being <a href="/wiki/Backronym" title="Backronym">backronymed</a> to LORAN.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A number of sources quote one of the LORAN researchers stating that the effort was actually known as "Project C", not 3. However, other sources illustrate that other projects at the Rad Lab were known by number, for instance, the effort to develop a microwave air-to-air radar was Project 1, and a ground-based anti-aircraft system was Project 2. See Bowen's "Radar Days", p. 183.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In spite of the official naming being established early on, <i>many</i> references use all-caps for all of these systems. This includes many official documents from the U.S Coast Guard</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Four frequencies are listed in the Navy documentation, but almost all sources refer to only three. The missing member appears to be 1.75 MHz.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">British nomenclature used "cursor" instead of "pedestal".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson1959B.1_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDickinson1959">Dickinson 1959</a>, B.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHefley197295–97-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHefley197295–97_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHefley1972">Hefley 1972</a>, pp. 95–97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHelfrick201266–67-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHelfrick201266–67_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHelfrick2012">Helfrick 2012</a>, pp. 66–67.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDickinson196218-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickinson196218_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDickinson1962">Dickinson 1962</a>, p. 18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenny2012214–216-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenny2012214–216_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDenny2012">Denny 2012</a>, pp. 214–216.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson20051854-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson20051854_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPeterson2005">Peterson 2005</a>, p. 1854.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollister197810-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollister197810_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHollister1978">Hollister 1978</a>, p. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlanchard1991298_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooke1945140_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCooke1945">Cooke 1945</a>, p. 140.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaigh1960245-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaigh1960245_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHaigh1960">Haigh 1960</a>, p. 245.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LORAN&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlanchard1991" class="citation journal cs1">Blanchard, Walter (September 1991). 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class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">137</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAM-87_Skybolt" title="GAM-87 Skybolt">138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">139</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM" title="AGM-69 SRAM">140</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">141</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popeye_(missile)" title="Popeye (missile)">142</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">143–197</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-198A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-198A (page does not exist)">198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WS-199" title="WS-199">199</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bold_Orion" title="Bold Orion">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Virgo" title="High Virgo">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Draco" title="Alpha Draco">D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-199Y&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-199Y (page does not exist)">Y</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200–299</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CIM-10_Bomarc" title="CIM-10 Bomarc">200</a></li> <li>201 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">A/L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">B/W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J75" title="Pratt & Whitney J75">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">202</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">203</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-103" title="Republic XF-103">204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">206</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">207</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-26_Falcon" title="AIM-26 Falcon">208</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">209</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">210</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">211</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Weapons_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Weapons Control System (page does not exist)">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" title="Distant Early Warning Line">213</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-121_Constellation" title="Lockheed C-121 Constellation">214</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">215</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment" title="Semi-Automatic Ground Environment">216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIM-8_Talos" title="RIM-8 Talos">218</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">219</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-4_Falcon" title="AIM-4 Falcon">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">221</a></li> <li>222 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Wizard" title="Project Wizard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Electro-Optical_Countermeasures&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Electro-Optical Countermeasures (page does not exist)">G</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">223</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nike_Zeus" title="Nike Zeus">224</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">225</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">226</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">227–238</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missile_Defense_Alarm_System" title="Missile Defense Alarm System">239</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">240–278</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)" title="Scout (rocket family)">279</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">280–298</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-299A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-299A (page does not exist)">299</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">300–399</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">300</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">301</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-68" title="Martin XB-68">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">303</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">304</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">305</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>306 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">A/L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-66_Destroyer" title="Douglas B-66 Destroyer">308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGM-13_Mace" title="MGM-13 Mace">309</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">310</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">311</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">312</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">313</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye" title="AGM-62 Walleye">314</a></li> <li>315 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">A-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" title="PGM-19 Jupiter">A-2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">316</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Tank_Guided_Air_Rocket&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anti-Tank Guided Air Rocket (page does not exist)">317</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">318</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">319</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">320</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-12_Bullpup" title="AGM-12 Bullpup">321</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">322</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Strike/Reconnaissance_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Strike/Reconnaissance System (page does not exist)">323</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">324</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_TF30" title="Pratt & Whitney TF30">M/N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Medium_Range_Ballistic_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mobile Medium Range Ballistic Missile (page does not exist)">325</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">327</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_J79" title="General Electric J79">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">328</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">329</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_TF34" title="General Electric TF34">F</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">330</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">331</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">332</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">333</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">334</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_A-37_Dragonfly" title="Cessna A-37 Dragonfly">335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">336</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">337</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">338–379</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>380 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_F100" title="Pratt & Whitney F100">A/B/E/F/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F110" title="General Electric F110">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">381–397</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theater_Ballistic_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theater Ballistic Missile (page does not exist)">398</a></li> <li>399 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-399A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-399A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-399B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-399B (page does not exist)">B</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">400–499</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">400</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">B/C/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allison_T56" title="Allison T56">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">G/H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_RC-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed RC-130 Hercules">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-132" title="Douglas C-132">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-133_Cargomaster" title="Douglas C-133 Cargomaster">402</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">403</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Traffic_Control_And_Landing_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Traffic Control And Landing System (page does not exist)">404</a></li> <li>405 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spaceborne_Laser_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spaceborne Laser Communications System (page does not exist)">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_405C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 405C (page does not exist)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_405D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 405D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">406</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Theater_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Theater Air Control System (page does not exist)">407</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">408</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">409</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">410</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_TF39" title="General Electric TF39">E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_Surveillance_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Area Surveillance Control System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">411</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_JT3D" title="Pratt & Whitney JT3D">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_Warning_And_Control_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Airborne Warning And Control System">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Weapons_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Weapons Control System (page does not exist)">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" title="Distant Early Warning Line">413</a></li> <li>414 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atmospheric_Early_Warning_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atmospheric Early Warning System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-414M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-414M (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_Airlift_Command_Integrated_Management_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military Airlift Command Integrated Management System (page does not exist)">415</a></li> <li>416 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment" title="Semi-Automatic Ground Environment">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back-Up_Interceptor_Control" title="Back-Up Interceptor Control">M (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=White_Sands_Missile_Range_Surveillance_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White Sands Missile Range Surveillance System (page does not exist)">M (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seek_Dawn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seek Dawn (page does not exist)">P</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Common_Digitizer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Common Digitizer (page does not exist)">Q</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-417L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-417L (page does not exist)">417</a></li> <li>418 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryukyu_Air_Defense_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryukyu Air Defense System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hawaiian_Air_Defense_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawaiian Air Defense System (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">419</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">420</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">L/W</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">421</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_Digital_Network" title="Automatic Digital Network">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_T-37_Tweet" title="Cessna T-37 Tweet">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Complex" title="Cheyenne Mountain Complex">425</a></li> <li>426 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_AQM-35" title="Northrop AQM-35">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-426M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-426M (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li>427 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AQM-60_Kingfisher" title="Lockheed AQM-60 Kingfisher">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_Airlift_Command_Integrated_Management_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military Airlift Command Integrated Management System (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li>428 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marine_Air_Ground_Intelligence_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marine Air Ground Intelligence System (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/URC-117_Ground_Wave_Emergency_Network" title="AN/URC-117 Ground Wave Emergency Network">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Firebee" title="Ryan Firebee">429</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Photographic_Processing_and_Interpretation_Facility&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Photographic Processing and Interpretation Facility (page does not exist)">430</a></li> <li>431 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_431G&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 431G (page does not exist)">G (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traffic_Control_And_Landing_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Traffic Control And Landing System (page does not exist)">G (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crash_Locator_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crash Locator System (page does not exist)">432</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=METRO_Weather_Observation_and_Forecasting_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="METRO Weather Observation and Forecasting System (page does not exist)">433</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Surveillance_System" title="Air Force Space Surveillance System">434</a></li> <li>435 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Navy_Navigational_Satellite_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Navy Navigational Satellite System (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Automated_Command_and_Control_System" title="Strategic Automated Command and Control System">436</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nuclear-Armed_Unguided_Satellite_Inspection_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nuclear-Armed Unguided Satellite Inspection System (page does not exist)">437</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AIDS_Intelligence_Data_Handling_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AIDS Intelligence Data Handling System (page does not exist)">438</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sea_Coastal_Cable_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sea Coastal Cable Communications System (page does not exist)">439</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forward_Scatter_Over-the-Horizon_Radar_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forward Scatter Over-the-Horizon Radar System (page does not exist)">440</a></li> <li>441 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Mist" title="Cobra Mist">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cobra_Talon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cobra Talon (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Satellite_Communications" title="Air Force Satellite Communications">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_X-7" title="Lockheed X-7">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">443</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">444</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>445 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-445L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-445L (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-445M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-445M (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">446</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">447</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">448</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">449</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">450</a></li> <li>451 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spain_Air_Defense_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spain Air Defense System (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Tactical_Information_Distribution_System" title="Joint Tactical Information Distribution System">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar" title="Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar">453</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">454</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HYWARDS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HYWARDS (page does not exist)">455</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quadrajector&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quadrajector (page does not exist)">456</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">457</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wideband_Transmission_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wideband Transmission System (page does not exist)">458</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-459L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-459L (page does not exist)">459</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">460</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_WC-135_Constant_Phoenix" title="Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High-Altitude_Balloon_Reconnaissance_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High-Altitude Balloon Reconnaissance System (page does not exist)">461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_AQM-37_Jayhawk" title="Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk">462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/463L_master_pallet" title="463L master pallet">463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">464</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITT_465L_Strategic_Air_Command_Control_System" title="ITT 465L Strategic Air Command Control System">465</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=466L_Electromagnetic_Intelligence_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="466L Electromagnetic Intelligence System (page does not exist)">466</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Navigational_Training_Support_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Navigational Training Support System (page does not exist)">467</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_JetStar" title="Lockheed JetStar">468</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conversion_Of_Range_Telemetry_Systems&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conversion Of Range Telemetry Systems (page does not exist)">469</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_470L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 470L (page does not exist)">470</a></li> <li>471 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Vertol_CH-46_Sea_Knight" title="Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook" title="Boeing CH-47 Chinook">L (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Support_System_Test_Aircraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Support System Test Aircraft (page does not exist)">472</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USAF_Command_and_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USAF Command and Control System (page does not exist)">473</a></li> <li>474 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Early_Warning_System" title="Ballistic Missile Early Warning System">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-26_Radar" title="AN/FPS-26 Radar">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">475</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">476</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_JT3D" title="Pratt & Whitney JT3D">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GE_477L_Nuclear_Detection_and_Reporting_System" title="GE 477L Nuclear Detection and Reporting System">477</a></li> <li>478 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LTV_XC-142" title="LTV XC-142">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tri-Service_Tactical_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tri-Service Tactical Communications System (page does not exist)">T</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">479</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-480L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-480L (page does not exist)">480</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">481</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-Attack_Command_and_Control_System" title="Post-Attack Command and Control System">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53_Sea_Stallion" title="Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion">482</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_T64" title="General Electric T64">E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Theater_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Theater Air Control System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_MH-53" title="Sikorsky MH-53">M/Z</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air/Ground_Digital_Secure_Teletype_Communication_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air/Ground Digital Secure Teletype Communication System (page does not exist)">483</a></li> <li>484 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Frequency_Global_Communication_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Frequency Global Communication System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Build_Back&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Build Back (page does not exist)">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wet_Wash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wet Wash (page does not exist)">N</a></li></ul></li> <li>485 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Theater_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Theater Air Control System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61R" title="Sikorsky S-61R">Z</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mediterranean_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mediterranean Communications System (page does not exist)">486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survivable_Low_Frequency_Communications_System" title="Survivable Low Frequency Communications System">487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Pine_(communications)" title="Green Pine (communications)">488</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Area_Command_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Area Command System (page does not exist)">489</a></li> <li>490 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_Voice_Network_of_the_Defense_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Automatic Voice Network of the Defense Communications System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_Attack_Intercontinental_Link&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Post Attack Intercontinental Link (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">491</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Strike_Command_and_Control&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Strike Command and Control (page does not exist)">492</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_Secure_Voice_Communications_Network" title="Automatic Secure Voice Communications Network">493</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/DRC-8_Emergency_Rocket_Communications_System" title="AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket Communications System">494</a></li> <li>495 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=IFF_Mark_XII&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IFF Mark XII (page does not exist)">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Command_and_Control_Information_Processing_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Command and Control Information Processing System (page does not exist)">L (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Surveillance_Network" title="United States Space Surveillance Network">496</a></li> <li>497 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-497A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-497A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_Digital_Switching_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Automatic Digital Switching System (page does not exist)">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_missile_defense" title="United States national missile defense">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>498 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-498A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-498A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Strategic_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strategic Communications System (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milstar" title="Milstar">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>499 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-499A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-499A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-499C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-499C (page does not exist)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-499D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-499D (page does not exist)">D</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500–599</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Communication_Product_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Communication Product Group (page does not exist)">500</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">501–519</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-520B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-520B (page does not exist)">520</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">521–529</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-530A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-530A (page does not exist)">530</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">531–541</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_542N&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 542N (page does not exist)">542</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">543–549</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>550 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-550A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-550A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-550E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-550E (page does not exist)">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">551–559</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>560 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-560A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-560A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-560F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-560F (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">561–569</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-570A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-570A (page does not exist)">570</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">571–579</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>580 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-580A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-580A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-580E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-580E (page does not exist)">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">581–589</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_590K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 590K (page does not exist)">590</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GBU-15" title="GBU-15">591</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_592K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 592K (page does not exist)">592</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">593–599</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">600–699</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-600A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-600A (page does not exist)">600</a></li> <li>601 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_X-7" title="Lockheed X-7">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Aerospace_Offensive_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Aerospace Offensive System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>602 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XV-3" title="Bell XV-3">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Aerospace_Defensive_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Aerospace Defensive System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>603 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet" title="Ryan X-13 Vertijet">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Forces_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Forces System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-604A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-604A (page does not exist)">604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">605</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar" title="Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar">606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiller_X-18" title="Hiller X-18">607</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">608</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)" title="Scout (rocket family)">609</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">610</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">611</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">612</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">613</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-614A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-614A (page does not exist)">614</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">615</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minimum_Essential_Emergency_Communications_Network" title="Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network">616</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">617</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-618A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-618A (page does not exist)">618</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">619</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">620</a></li> <li>621 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_SAINT" title="Project SAINT">A/B (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Integrated_NavSat/Inertial_Test_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Integrated NavSat/Inertial Test System (page does not exist)">B (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)" title="CORONA (satellite)">622</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Solid-Propellant_Launch_Vehicle_Rocket_Motor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Large Solid-Propellant Launch Vehicle Rocket Motor (page does not exist)">623</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family)" title="Titan (rocket family)">624</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-625A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-625A (page does not exist)">625</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">626</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Ballistic_Reentry_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Ballistic Reentry System (page does not exist)">627</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">628</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">629</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">630</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">631</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/AAR-44&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/AAR-44 (page does not exist)">632</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stellar_Inertial_Doppler_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stellar Inertial Doppler System (page does not exist)">633</a></li> <li>634 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Dane" title="Cobra Dane">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Tactical_Information_Distribution_System" title="Joint Tactical Information Distribution System">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALE-24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALE-24 (page does not exist)">635</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">636</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">637</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAM-87_Skybolt" title="GAM-87 Skybolt">638</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALE-40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALE-40 (page does not exist)">639</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALE-45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALE-45 (page does not exist)">640</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ALE-47" title="AN/ALE-47">641</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seek_Point&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seek Point (page does not exist)">642</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-184&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-184 (page does not exist)">643</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">644</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">645</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">646</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">647</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>648 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RM-81_Agena" title="RM-81 Agena">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_648D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 648D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ALQ-99" title="AN/ALQ-99">P</a></li></ul></li> <li>649 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-649A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-649A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-649B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-649B (page does not exist)">B</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-649C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-649C (page does not exist)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-649D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-649D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Space_Counterweapons_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Space Counterweapons System (page does not exist)">E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_Inspection_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Satellite Inspection System (page does not exist)">F</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Space_Combat_Weapon_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Space Combat Weapon System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dash_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Dash 10">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-650A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-650A (page does not exist)">650</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_651A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 651A (page does not exist)">651</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-122&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-122 (page does not exist)">652</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">653</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">654</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>655 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-655A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-655A (page does not exist)">A (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Low_Altutude_Short_Range_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Low Altutude Short Range Missile (page does not exist)">A (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-131&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-131 (page does not exist)">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ALQ-135" title="AN/ALQ-135">656</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">657</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">658</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">659</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-155&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-155 (page does not exist)">660</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-161&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-161 (page does not exist)">661</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">662</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">663</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ALQ-172" title="AN/ALQ-172">664</a></li> <li>665 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-665A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-665A (page does not exist)">A (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Multi-Sensor_Airborne_Reconnaissance/Strike_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Multi-Sensor Airborne Reconnaissance/Strike System (page does not exist)">A (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li>666 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Integrated_NavSat/Inertial_Test_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Integrated NavSat/Inertial Test System (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-184&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-184 (page does not exist)">C/P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_667A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 667A (page does not exist)">667</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_668A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 668A (page does not exist)">668</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">669</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_670B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 670B (page does not exist)">670</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">671</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>672 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_ICBM_Technology_Program&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced ICBM Technology Program (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALR-56&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALR-56 (page does not exist)">M/P</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">673</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALR-69&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALR-69 (page does not exist)">674</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-675A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-675A (page does not exist)">675</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">676</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">677</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">678</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_679A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 679A (page does not exist)">679</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Survivable_Flight_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Survivable Flight Control System (page does not exist)">680</a></li> <li>681 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_681D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 681D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Base_Installation_Security_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Base Installation Security System (page does not exist)">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">682</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>683 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vela_(satellite)" title="Vela (satellite)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Air Control System (page does not exist)">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_T-43" title="Boeing T-43">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">684</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-685A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-685A (page does not exist)">685</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aircraft_Flight_Simulation_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aircraft Flight Simulation Complex (page does not exist)">686</a></li> <li>687 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TACSATCOM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TACSATCOM (page does not exist)">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">688</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">689</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_690K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 690K (page does not exist)">690</a></li> <li>691 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_691X&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 691X (page does not exist)">X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worldwide_Military_Command_and_Control_System" title="Worldwide Military Command and Control System">Z</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">692</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet" title="Ryan X-13 Vertijet">693</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">694</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>695 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAND_Corporation" title="RAND Corporation">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ANSER" title="ANSER">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itek" title="Itek">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory" title="MIT Lincoln Laboratory">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-68_Titan" title="SM-68 Titan">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">S (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missile_Defense_Alarm_System" title="Missile Defense Alarm System">S (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">696</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">697</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">698</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">699</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">700–799</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">700–735</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/APR-46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/APR-46 (page does not exist)">736</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">737</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">738</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">739</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">740</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Electronic_Warfare_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Electronic Warfare System (page does not exist)">741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LANTIRN" title="LANTIRN">742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LANTIRN" title="LANTIRN">743</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">744</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Satellite_Communications_Directorate" title="Military Satellite Communications Directorate">745</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">746–753</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALM-234&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALM-234 (page does not exist)">754</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">755–799</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">800–899</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">800</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">801</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>802 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_802L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 802L (page does not exist)">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Frequency_Global_Communication_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Frequency Global Communication System (page does not exist)">L (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">803</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">804</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">805</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Range_Threat_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Range Threat System (page does not exist)">806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_Program" title="Defense Support Program">807</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">808–816</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technical_Sensor_Collection_Systems&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Technical Sensor Collection Systems (page does not exist)">817</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">818</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">819</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">820</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">821</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">822</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_823L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 823L (page does not exist)">823</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">824–831</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program" title="Defense Meteorological Satellite Program">832</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">833</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">834</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">835–845</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Range_Threat_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Range Threat System (page does not exist)">846</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">847–899</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">900–999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span 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