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lations and of the land-based radars, and the coverage of each of these 

 installations. If the committee so desires, we would be happy to dis- 

 cuss it at this point. We have a graphical representation in chart 

 form. 



Senator Stennis. Yes, you may use that, of course. 



Mr. Charyk. I will ask Colonel Baldwin to discuss that. 



Senator Stennis. I think we had better swear the other witnesses 

 now. 



SWEARING IN OF OTHER AIR FORCE WITNESSES 



Mr. Secretary, will you identify the other Air Force witnesses who 

 expect to testify today? Let the reporter get their names, and we 

 will ask that they be sworn. 



I would like to ask each individual to state his name and his 

 affiliation. 



Colonel Baldwin. Colonel Baldwin, Air Defense Division, Di- 

 rectorate of Operations, Headquarters, USAF. 



Colonel Impson. Colonel Impson, Engineering Division, Directorate 

 of Civil Engineering, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. 



Colonel Gill. Colonel Gill, Director of Facilities Support, DCS, 

 Civil Engineering, Headc[uarters, Air Defense Command. 



Senator Stennis. All right. Will you stand, please, and be sworn. 



Do you solemnly swear that your testimony in this hearing will be 

 the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ? 



Colonel Baldwin. I do. 



Colonel Impson. I do. 



Colonel Gill. I do. 



Senator Stennis. I might say, gentlemen, that you may move along 

 rather rapidly, if you wish. We had a very clear summation 

 of the facts of this matter delivered to members of the subcom- 

 mittee yesterday. We are fairly familiar with the high points of the 

 proof in this case, and have in mind the geographical locations of the 

 towers. We also have documents and illustrations in our notebooks 

 that the staff has thoughtfully supplied, through aid of the Air Force. 

 So we have the general picture before us already. 



All right. Colonel. 



Colonel Baldwin. Mr. Chairman, if I might invite your atten- 

 tion — this plotted radar coverage here represents the moderately low 

 altitude coverage provided by the shore-based radars located only 

 along the coastline. Not shown, of course, is the radar coverage to 

 the interior. 



Addressing ourselves to the Texas tower desirability, we can see that 

 coverage 



Senator Stennis. May I ask our photographer friends to be quiet 

 now ? You have a proper place, but please remain as quiet as possible. 



Colonel Baldwin. Our radar coverage to seaward, over probable 

 attack routes toward the New England area, is quite short using 

 only the shore-based radar. It was at this point that the concept was 

 developed for the Texas towers. This permitted us to locate off- 

 shore SAGE radar which further increased our detection along the 

 probable attack route. 



Shown here in yellow is the low altitude coverage for Texas tower 2, 

 Texas tower 3, and shown in orange is the coverage for Texas tower 4. 



