Title :
Joint Soviet/American Loran operations: the Bering Sea Chain
Author :
Westling, Gary R.
Author_Institution :
US Coast Guard, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The US Coast Guard entered into an agreement with the Soviet Union for the implementation of a mixed Loran-C/Chayka chain in the North Pacific. The similarities and differences of the US Loran-C and USSR Chayka systems are discussed, and the agreed-on design for a Bering Sea Chain is presented. The chain will provide marine and aviation coverage over the five-hundred-mile-wide coverage gap that exists in the North Pacific between the North Pacific chain and the Northwest pacific and Soviet Eastern USSR chains.<>
Keywords :
radar systems; radio direction-finding; radionavigation; Bering Sea Chain; North Pacific; Northwest pacific; Soviet Eastern USSR chains; Soviet Union; US Coast Guard; US Loran-C; aviation; marine systems; mixed Loran-C/Chayka chain; radionavigation; Command and control systems; Monitoring; Protection; Pulse shaping methods; Radio navigation; Shape; Testing; Thyratrons; Transmitters; US Government;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
