Norad

=What is NORAD?=

"NORAD is a bi-national command that oversees aerospace warning and aerospace control for Canada, Alaska, and the continental United __states__" ("First air force"). "NORAD's mission is to scour the skies for nuclear or terrorists threats, providing the press with timely and accurate assessments during an attack. It also can help monitor natural disasters, such as hurricanes" ("NORAD"). "It was renamed North American Aerospace Defense Command in 1981" (Granatstein). __This was announced on August 1, 1957.__ **Unclear--what is that sentence referring to?** "The Commander Chief Usry, was a U.S. marine in 1982, he served as an embarkation specialist and platoon sergeant until he separated in 1988" ("First air force")

=What is U.S. Northcom and why do we have it?=

"Northcom oversees command and control of homeland defense issues and co-ordinates defense support of civil authorities upon request" ("First air force"). It was created after 9/11 to make sure that something like that never happens again (Gertz).

=Why did NORAD move out of Cheyenne Mountains and what is the new place?=

" Last year the military completed a move of NORAD, from a nuclear hardened bunker burrowed into Cheyenne Mountain to the basement of Building No.2 at Peterson Air Force Base" ("NORAD"). "The Cheyenne Mountain will remain an alternate command facility, and operations and systems are constructed so that there is no single point of failure" ("NORAD"). "Some people __belive__ that the move was for a __cust__ cutting matter and they think it is wrong to move it from a mountain to a basement of __a__ air force base" (Gertz). "Admiral Keating apparently convinced the natio__ns__ top military leaders that moving the center would save taxpayers millions of dollars" (Gertz). "The United States began in the 1990's to move its warning, detection, and __surveillannce__ into space" (Granatstein).

=What are they doing about security?=

" General Renuart said up to five million dollars worth of projects have been completed at Peterson, including more security at the base's points of entry" ("NORAD"). "He also said NORAD is taking steps to harden the facility against electromagnetic pulses. Such pulses, generated be high altitude nuclear explosion, can disable computers and other electronic equipment for thousands of miles" ("NORAD"). =Has NORAD ever been used?=

" In 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis, the Americans went on stand by alert as soon as the crisis was apparent, but the Diefenbaker government delayed for a period of days, angering the Kennedy Administration" (Granatstein). "The matter was complicated by the fact that the Bomarc missiles at the two Canadian Bomarc bases had no nuclear warheads." NORAD is not just American it is Canadian too" (Granastein). =Has NORAD ever detected missiles?=

" Defense satellites had picked up a heat-related signature half a world away. Pinpointing its type, location and telemetry. It had been launched form North Korea" (Gertz). They launched a Taepo Dong 2 missile, which passed over the Sea of Japan/East Sea and the nation of Japan" ("North American Aerospace"). "Stage 1 of the missile fell into the Sea of Japan. The remaining stages landed in the Pacific Ocean" ("North American Aerospace"). =Work Citied=
 * “First Air Force.” __US fed news service, including US state news__ [Washington, D.C.] 30 April 2009. __Research library__. Proquest. 1 May 2009 
 * Gertz, Bill. “Dangerous move for NORAD?” __Washington__ __Times__. October 5, 2008. The Washington Times, LLC. 7 May 2009 
 * Granatstein, J.L. “NORAD.” __The Canadian Encyclopedia__. Historical Foundation Of Canada. 7 May 2009. 
 * “NORAD.” __The Washington Times__ (March 27, 2008). A11. __Student Edition__. Gale. SDLN, SD State Library. 5 May 2009 
 * “North American Aerospace.” __US fed news service, including US state news__ [Washington, D.C.] 11 April 2009, __Research Library__. Proquest. SD State Library, Rapid City, SD. 7 May 2009 
 * "Photographing the Photographer" http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124348109@N01/231357741/.