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<text id=91TT1255>
<title>
June 10, 1991: American Notes:Defense
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
June 10, 1991 Evil
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 25
American Notes
DEFENSE
Turning Off The Radars
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<p> When it comes to military cost cutting, the sky's the limit.
Starting July 1, the Pentagon will save $38 million a year by
shutting down the radar command center at Mountain Home Air
Force Base in Idaho, one of the two major monitoring facilities
that constantly scan the heavens for Soviet bombers flying
toward North America. The other center, at Bangor Air National
Guard Base in Maine, will continue operating, but on a part-time
basis. "I think it's better than nothing," says Republican
Senator William Cohen of Maine, who lobbied to keep the Bangor
radar working. But he expects it to provide only a minimal
safeguard. U.S. military officials insist, however, that the
country will not be caught with its guard down. The Pentagon
plans to rely more on its vast network of sensors and
intelligence operations to protect North America against the
possibility of a Soviet air attack.
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</body></article>
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