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Clear and present danger: Rapidly warming Arctic threatens Cold War radar sites
2016-07-05 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Public Media: A group of strategic Air Force radar facilities along the North Slope are at an accelerated risk of degradation. Erosion driven by climate change is happening decades sooner than the military predicted, and the plan now is to spend tens of millions of dollars to fortify in place. The 15 sites within the Long Range Radar program are designed to spot foreign aircraft heading into U.S. airspace or civilian planes that have gone off course. It is an expensive state of preparedness to maintain, with...
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