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Radar station
PAVE PAWS is a radar station.
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| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 22.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 22.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Radar station
Raytheon AN/FPS-115 phased array radar sets
One system was sold to Taiwan and is still in service
pair of Raytheon AN/FPS-115 phased array radar sets at each site
detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States
circle 72.5 ft (22.1 m) in diameter
between 420 - 450 MHz
peak power of each array is 580 kW
or 145 kW)
range of about 3,000 nautical miles (3,500 statute miles, 5,600 km)
PAVE PAWS United States Early warning radar system 1
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
PAVE PAWS equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for PAVE PAWS. Service scope: Republic of China Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.