radar stations
Wave-bouncing surveillance posts
Radar stations are facilities equipped with radar systems for detecting and tracking objects—typically aircraft, ships, or weather patterns.
Military radar stations monitor airspace for defense; civilian ones guide air traffic or forecast storms.
During World War II and the Cold War, networks of radar stations formed early warning systems against enemy attack: The coastal radar stations detected incoming bombers.
- antenna arrayClustered receivers for signals
- missile defenseSystem intercepting hostile projectiles
- military baseArmed forces facility
- radomeRadio-transparent protective enclosure
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
waveguide · receiver · early warning systems · satellite tracking · doppler · wildlife monitoring · command centers · magnetron · storm tracking · airfields · search and rescue operations · green screen · air force bases · air traffic control · control tower · flight path · dish · sweep
- WWII BritainBlitz, Battle of Britain, home front, evacuees, air raids
- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases
- Cold War SitesBerlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, Kremlin
- strategic assetsmilitary bases, naval bases, missile silos, command centers, intelligence agencies
- Anti-Aircraftanti-aircraft guns, flak, AAA, ack-ack, air defense
- Cold War militaryWarsaw Pact, Red Army, border troops, MiG fighters, MiG-21
radar stationsobservation posts
Stations for monitoring surroundings
lookout towers · watchtowers · listening posts · fire lookouts · crow's nests