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About the NARS Sites: Fylingdales/46 |
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NARS Site 46 - At about the same time the NARS sites were being built, work was also underway on BMEWS, the system designed to detect Soviet missles shortly after launch. The primary purpose of Site 46 was to provide communications, via NARS and DEW Line facilities, between the new Fylingdales BMEWS site and NORAD in Colorado. Because there was originally only one tropo link, Site 46 only had one building. When a second link was later added, to tie NARS to the US bases in the south of England, the equipment was crammed into an existing room. The NARS site was actually located just outside the perimeter fence of the RAF base. The BMEWS facility had its own power plant, easily able to provide reliable power to the NARS site, so there was no standby power plant at Site 46. Although the site was located in the North York Moors National Park, there were several towns and villages in the area, and housing was generally not a problem. |
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