OVERVIEW: PAVE PAWS is a ground-based phased array radar system designed for missile warning and space surveillance, operating in the "B" Band.  

DETAILS: The PAVE PAWS is phased array radar is primarily used to detect and track sea-launched (SLBM) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a secondary mission of detecting and tracking earth orbiting satellites.  The system differs from a mechanical radar, which must be physically aimed at an object in space to detect and/or track it.  

Specifications:

Frequency: 		420-450 MHz (B Band)
Power output: 		150 kW (average per face);  600 kW (peak per face) 
PRF:			unknown Hz	
Range Resolution:	unknown (range), unknown degrees azimuth 					
On/Off time:		unknown
Deploy/Stow Time	N/A

Detection Range:	unknown


NOTES: IOC 1978. PAVE PAWS is operated by the U.S. Air Force Space Command. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at: Cape Cod Air Force Station, Massachusetts. (4145'08"N 7032'17"W) Beale AFB, California. (3908'10"N 12121'03"W) Clear Air Force Station, Alaska. (6418'01"N 14911'23"W).  In addition, two other facilities were shuttered by the Air Force in 1995: Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia (3234'52"N 8334'09"W), and Eldorado AFS, Texas (30.979N 100.554W). 

 
SOURCES: Federation of American Scientists. "PAVE PAWS (U)." Accessed November 24, 2013. http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/nssrm/categories/pavepws.htm ;  Air Force Space Command - Home. "Factsheets : PAVE PAWS Radar System." Accessed November 24, 2013. http://www.afspc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3656 ; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "PAVE PAWS." Accessed November 24, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAVE_PAWS ; "AN/FPS Series." Alternate Wars. Accessed March 22, 2015. http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Radar/FPS_Series.htm.
