Lacaune military radio station
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Lacaune military radio station
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| Place: | Lacaune | |||
| Department: | Camouflage | |||
| Region: | Occitania | |||
| Country: | France | |||
| Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′ 53.3 " N , 2 ° 43 ′ 38.5" E | ||||
| Use: | Military use | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission system not accessible to the public | |||
| Owner : | French armed forces | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Send type: | Directional radio | |||
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The military radio station Lacaune is a radio station of the French army on the Montalet mountain , in the French commune of Lacaune in the Tarn department . It is used for military communication with radio relay .
The station is subordinate to the Base aérienne 125 Istres - Le Tubé . It is one of the four radio relay stations along the French north-south axis that are in constant communication with each other. The other three are the military radio station Pierre-sur-Haute , the military radio station Henrichemont and the Brétigny-sur-Orge Air Base . The station is mainly used for radio communications on a cross-armed forces level.
The station was part of the Commandement Air des Systèmes de Surveillance d'Information et de Communications (CASSIC) since its commissioning on January 1, 1994. From January 1, 2006 the station of the Direction interarmées des réseaux d'infrastructure et des systèmes d 'Information (DIRISI) subject.
About 20 employees are on site. The station is headed by a major. This rank in the French army corresponds to that of a German Oberstabsfeldwebels ( NATO rank code OR-9 ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Sylvie Ferre: Missions secrètes au pic de Montalet. La Dépêche du Midi , March 21, 2013, accessed on May 15, 2018 (French).
