Cobra crap
Cobra Mist (also AN / FPS-95 or System 441a for the overall project) was the code name of a British-American over -the- horizon radar test facility in Orford Ness , Suffolk , England .
Cobra Mist was part of a small series of remote sensing radars from the USA called "Cobra". The facility was initially to be built in Turkey and monitored large parts of the Soviet airspace. When Turkey withdrew its commitment, the facility was moved to England and monitored large parts of Western Europe. The project started in the late 1960s and dragged on into the 1970s. The project was discontinued in 1973 due to disruptions that could not be managed.
The technical facilities and transmitters were used by the UK Foreign Office and the BBC World Service until 2011. The Orfordness transmitter , which was decommissioned in 2012, is located nearby . In August 2012 the entire property was handed over to Cobra Mist Limited, a private company. The main building and 12 masts remain, five of which are 340 feet each.
Individual evidence
- ↑ FOIA documents on the AN / FPS-95 Cobra Mist OTH Radar, Part 1 of 4. In: www.cufon.org. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .