Missile Master

<p>Missile Master was a <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">US Army</a> 
<a href="/facts/Surface-to-air_missile/2qEW5P07">surface-to-air missile</a> control <a href="/facts/System_of_systems/6cp3tlKF">complex</a>/facility.
It controlled <a href="/facts/Project_Nike/hmaWJ7Jb">Project Nike</a> missiles. Virtually all Missile Masters had a bunker housing the <a href="/facts/Martin_AN%2fFSG-1_Antiaircraft_Defense_System/B7roNGUc">Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System</a>, as well as additional structures for "<i>an <a href="/facts/List_of_radars/LT5VMhpy">AN/FPS-33</a> defense <a href="/facts/Radar_configurations_and_types/fj9rvwQj">acquisition radar (DAR) or similar radar</a>, two <a href="/facts/Height_finder/5ktDlURz">height-finder</a> radars,</i>" and <a href="/facts/Identification_friend_or_foe/ANQjz9NM">identification friend or foe</a> <a href="/facts/Secondary_surveillance_radar/qlJMuEjC">secondary radar</a> (e.g., <a href="/facts/List_of_radars/LT5VMhpy">AN/TPX-19 radar interrogator</a>).  The radars, along with Automated Data Links (ADL) from remote Nike firing units, provided data into the AN/FSG-1 tracking subsystem with the DAR providing surveillance coverage to about 200 miles (320 km).
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Missile Master