Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Sistem Koordinasi dan Komando Pertahanan Udara

Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Komando Pertahanan Udara dan Sistem Koordinasi[1] merupakan pusat distribusi tembakan elektronik yang dapat diangkut untuk komando dan kendali otomatis baterei peluncuran rudal Nike. Sistem jaring radar menggantikan tabung hampa AN/FSG-1 di enam bunker Missile Master Amerika Serikat setelah peningkatan disetujui oleh Kementerian Pertahanan Amerika Serikat di tahun 1963. Serta penurunan tambahan dilakukan di Homestead-Miami, Florida dan Providence, Rhode Island untuk mengganti sistem BIRDIE (Battery Integration & Radar Display Equipment)[2] sekaligus di San Fransisco.[3] Seperti halnya dengan AN/FSG-1, AN/TSQ-51 dapat memberikan kendali tembak untuk 24 baterei Nike,[4] tetapi AN-TSQ-51 yang lebih kecil dapat diterjunkan dalam 2 kereta gandeng.

Referensi

  1. ^ Berhow, Mark (2005). US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems 1950-2004. Taylor, Chris (illustrations). Osprey Publishing. hlm. 21. ISBN 1-84176-838-3. Diakses tanggal 2011-09-06. 
  2. ^ Morgan, Mark L; Berhow, Mark A (2002). Rings of Supersonic Steel (Google Books) (edisi ke-second). Hole in the Head Press. ISBN 0-615-12012-1. Diakses tanggal 2011-09-13. 
  3. ^ "New Firing Control System: Army Unveils Missile Mentor" (PDF). Red Bank Register. Red Bank, New Jersey. February 1, 1967. hlm. 13. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal 2011-10-13. Diakses tanggal 2011-09-15. faster, more reliable and less expensive ... replaces the Army's six Missile Master systems...and four...BIRDIE...employed almost five years. ...the original cost of the Missile Master...was in excess of $9 million for each site, while the Missile Mentor costs less than $1 million each. ...[annual] operating and maintenance costs...would be $250,000, [cf. $1 million...of Missile Master. ...50 to 60 persons [cf.] approximately 200 [for] Missile Master ... Missile Mentor...fits compactly into two trailer vans. One van holds the battle station, display consoles for the defense commander and equipment operators, the other houses the computer and circuit panels ...[At] the Highlands Defense Site, the Missile Mentor [is] in the...building once occupied by [the] Missile Master. ...built under a $10 million contract with the Army Missile Command (MICOM). 
  4. ^ "AN/FSG-1 Missile Master and AN/TSQ-51 Missile Mentor:". The Historic Atlantic Highlands Military Reservation (MR). Fort Tilden. November 11, 2005. Diakses tanggal 2011-09-15.  (includes image of console in trailer)