AN/FPQ-16: Perimeter Acquisition At- tack Characterization System (PARCS) Unit location: 10th Space Warning Squadron, Cavalier AFS, N.D. Primary mission: Missile warning Ñ pro- vides detection, attack warning, and attack assessment of sea-launched ballistic missiles and ICBMs launched against the continental United States and Canada. Sec- ondary mission: Space surveillance Ñ provides radar surveillance and tracking data on newly launched and orbiting space objects. Supports space object identifica- tion. Radar details: Single face phased array Azimuth: maximum of 156 degrees Elevation view Ñ 1.9 degrees to a maximum of 95 degrees Range: approximately 2,300 miles; 6,888 array elements on the face.
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