JAMES STEWART'S BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FILM "AEROSPACE COMMUNICATIONS" 34102

the time tomorrow the place a hostile nation the weapons intercontinental range ballistic missiles in hardened sights this is the threat we face but we are not asleep night and day our satellites and radars are on guard the Midas satellite detects hostile missiles shortly after launch and relays the information through a ground station to alert B news NORAD and the aerospace defense forces of the free world beam use the ballistic missile early warning system tracks the hostels when they have attained sufficient altitude beam use identifies the launch and impact areas and our early warning radars detect hostile aircraft their intelligence is sent to the North American Air Defense Command the Strategic Air Command and the Pentagon by landline radio and communication satellites transmitting information that the unknown missiles are hostile orders go out to launch our striking force of supersonic bombers intercontinental and air-launched ballistic missiles and to defend ourselves with supersonic interceptors missiles and anti-missile missiles of course the attack you've just seen depicted never happened but the Air Force is prepared for just such an eventuality the people most of the equipment and the technical know-how are already in being now this all became especially clear to me during a recent tour of reserve duty in the Pentagon while there I had a unique opportunity to review the communications capability that now exists within the Air Force a capability which forms a major and an integral part of the overall defense communication system as an old bomber pilot who has had to rely on communications many times I was very impressed with the important story of aerospace communications a story which never really has been told and that's why I'm here today to help pass on this fascinating story as seen through the eyes of a reserve officer and to show you that only through Communications is effective command and control possible now to begin with here are the major elements of the network that provides this nation with up to 15 minutes of warning there's the dew line the Mid Canada line and the pine tree line to warn of hostile aircraft beam use the ballistic missile early warning system in Alaska Greenland and Great Britain plus in the near future additional minutes of warning from the detection satellite known as - these are augmented by radar equipped package and radar early warning aircraft all of them feed intelligence of various kinds into NORAD the North American Air Defense Command for the continental United States our most advanced system to control the air battle against the man bomber is sage semi-automatic ground environment which evaluates all information electronically and displays it at various locations for the guidance of our interceptors and missiles communications provide the vital link between the commander and the complex weapon systems he employs now let me show you just how vast the airforce communication system is these are the worldwide Air Force installations that must be linked together by the air force communications service to do this tremendous job the communications service operates air con the USAF aerospace communications complex which is a component part of the defense communications system now here are some of the major networks which comprise that complex air communications net for administrative operations combat logistics net for logistical support weather net for dissemination of weather data air operations net for control of air traffic and the Strategic Air Command alerting net you know a sac commander once said without communications the only thing I can command is my desk and that's not a very lethal weapon and he was right but with communications with communications a vast amount of command and control as possible which you'll see in a moment but now now let's let's begin with something basic we use many forms of communication including the ordinary pneumatic tube and the teletype that sends a message thousands of miles by cutting a perforated tape and transmitting it to our automatic relay system by this means the same message may be transmitted as many times and to as many locations as desired I hear something a little more spectacular it's quite a piece of equipment this is long-range radio used for command of airborne forces get this thing fired up is in the 14 mega cycle van there now I'm going to talk to the pilot of a sac b-58 flying of 50,000 feet above the Mediterranean ready jolly Jack this is green tree alpha jolly Jack this is green tree Alf over radio is jolly roger jolly Jack green tree alpha for comm check your five by five here over not clear here Roger thank jolly Jack green tree alpha yes and instantaneous communication from a desk just like this to any Air Force aircraft anywhere in the world it's just that simple it's just that simple with our global communication system and now let's take a look at closed-circuit television here's up-to-the-minute global weather as shown on the world weather map at well the central the combat Operations Center at headquarters North American Air Defense Command and here's the command post at Strategic Air Command headquarters how the equipment you've seen the television radio telephone and intercom and others that you may not have seen weather fax simulated data computers voice recorders telemetry data link communications Rockets underseas cables and high-powered radio antennas all of these and many more are operating 24 hours a day as a part of our deterrent force now in just a moment at exactly 1800 hours Zulu time you'll see how all the members of the air force communications electronics team would work together as a unit if a full-scale alert were to take place to demonstrate this we will assume in this instance that only a few people in the top echelon x' know that this alert is actually a test exercise to the rest of the people you see here what is about to happen could be the real thing the beginning of a life-and-death struggle between our country and a hostile force 1800 hours the first sign of trouble shows at the NORAD combat operations center on the missile display panel from the Midas satellite two missiles have been fired from the North Pacific and two more from the North Atlantic so therefore missile launches shown in our mightest screen with impact areas unknown okay we'll assemble the battle staff implement coca color and I'll call the commander chief okay the ballistic missile early warning system is notified bemuse will soon be able to supply additional intelligence including the predicted areas of impact inter connecting displays keep each command informed of the situation the displays at NORAD and sac will show what is being received by Midas the early warning satellite and beam used the ballistic missile early warning system at 1801 a new threat appears on the display board at NORAD dew line radars are picking up unknowns along the northern borders of America high powered radars are picking up aircraft penetrating our perimeter defenses early warning information is relayed to NORAD combat operations center where it is noted by all personnel including civil defense and the SAC liaison group the threat is now great enough to ward an increase in our alert status in a few seconds the commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are in conference general we picked up for unknown missiles from the North Pacific and North Atlantic unknown aircraft are penetrating into the north of Canada and Alaska I've just talked to the Canadian chief of staff committee and we feel the situation is serious enough to warrant going into maximum alert all right go to maximum alert and stand by for further directives sike acknowledges and will take the necessary action these few words set in motion a worldwide alert with command and control exercised through global communications the Strategic Air Command senior controller then alerts all sac units throughout the world this is ban box all stations prepare to copy the code words are followed by a pause during which the warning system alerts all sac bases Foxtrot 2 for Delta 0 9 2 6 0 4 0 5 angle Oh x-ray authentication is Peter seven I repeat and sack crews everywhere immediately react missiles are ready Saeki aircraft already airborne and the airborne command post received the alert order Oaxaca x-ray authentication is Peter 7 all stations acknowledged at the count of five one two three four five Zak airborne commander acknowledges the coded alert is heard over radio facilities of the early warning network round two air radio circuits are tested to ensure continuity of operation communications rockets are prepared Strategic Air Command is now on alert status communications will assume battle staff configuration the underground is now been sealed in the sack communication center the alert warns personnel to cease transmission of all but essential traffic at the Air Force command post in the Pentagon simultaneously with the red phone announcement the senior operations officer will alert commanders throughout the world standby sir for an emergency conference I repeat stand by for an emergency conference this is the air force command post authentication is earthquake please acknowledge your presence in conference has your command is called man in chief Pacific Singh pack here this is sink your sink clan technologist this is Singh Cal sink nav your here this is sink Carib sink nor acknowledges sink sac acknowledges this is blast-off open your sealed instructions number 979 eg REO commander then sets his forces of motion 1806 hours fighters scramble from bases in Alaska in Canada and in the continental United States tactical missile units are alerted air defense missiles are ready and if this were an actual alert the commander-in-chief NORAD would Institute a Conrad alert and the Civil Defence Group at NORAD headquarters would simultaneously declare an air-raid warning and alert the civilian population this is a conelrad alert normal broadcasting will be discontinued for an indefinite period civil-defense information will be broadcast in most areas at 640 or 1240 on your regular radio receiver across the North American continent all units are alerted for action hardened missile sites are open ICBMs are ready an instantaneous logistic support is available to supply whatever may be needed in forward areas plus weather information firepower and refueling capability 18:13 hours at the NORAD combat operations center an increasing number of unknowns appear on the display board the radars at Sage the semi-automatic ground environment shows several penetrations and fighter aircraft are guided toward the unknown invaders the pilot is guided by datalink an automatic electronic guidance system 18 15 hours the unknown missiles are now being tracked by our ground electronic system the impact points predicted by bemuse South Atlantic and South Pacific are posted on the missile display boards at NORAD and sac they are friendly missiles fired as part of the exercise but the aircraft are still unidentified and they are more numerous than before however visual contact will soon be made by our interceptors miles at the same time the sac force is ready to strike hostile territory if the alert proves to be an attack some of these aircraft will need fuel to retain their long strike capability bomber and tanker rendezvous points have been predetermined Oh another example of command and control through communications but until the unknowns are identified no one can relax for an instant the progress in the unknowns is closely followed 18 19 hours the reports from interceptors to Sage bring the first contact with the unknown aircraft the unknown turns out to be one of our own b-58 simulating a hostile this is red bird leader unknown target as you said v58 tail number zero seven four six two unknown targeted Yousef b-58 tail number zero seven four six - spooky - unknown target is tanker kc-135 tail number Niner five one zero zero Roger red bird Lear aircraft confirmed his friendly break break Roger smokey - blackjack three and Skyway leader aircraft all confirmed as friendly saij relays the information to NORAD has one by one the unknowns prove friendly at NORAD the display board shows a diminishing number of unknown unknowns are proved friendly on the Pacific Coast Atlantic Coast over Canada Newfoundland and Alaska 1845 hours 45 minutes after the alert exercise began the air force command post calls it off this is the air force command post exercise blast-off is terminated at zero 5/18 forty-five Zulu authentication is Baker nine commander-in-chief advises terminate your air defense emergency and notify all units I repeat and chief advisors terminate your air defense emergency and notify all units NORAD now relays the cancellation to all air defense units interceptors are recalled to base defense missiles are returned to normal the civil defense liaison group at NORAD takes action to cancel the civilian alert at sac headquarters sac aircraft or recalled and missiles are returned to normal freight train freight train this is ban box transferred to blue denim authentication is Hotpoint Baker let's go on boys you overseas commands recall their tactical aircraft a domino domino this is Pennbrook control all aircraft returned to your bases I repeat domino domino this is Roger the alert is over and the aircraft returned to their bases we approved that we're ready to defend the country we have shown that only through communications can we have positive command and control of our weapons systems we have shown that communications are in truth the reins of command now looking to the future will see a continuing priority on satellite systems for warning and reconnaissance and communications they can make a great contribution to the overall national deterrent posture but warning and reconnaissance systems are a little value without reliable communications and automatic data processing systems capable of analyzing and transmitting their intelligence to the people who command our aerospace forces frankly what we're looking for in communications electronics our technological breakthroughs not merely new improvements on old methods but completely new methods that will take our messages instantaneously to any commander on earth or in space a system with even greater capacity reliability and survivability than is possible today and was simpler more direct routing all have greater savings and money and people developments now in progress will lead us to this new capability meanwhile the Air Force's communications and electronic systems the biggest most responsive and most complex in existence will continue to support the defense posture of the free world these systems admittedly are expensive but we must have them not only for command and control but to buy time to buy the precious minutes of warning which permit the launching of aircraft and missiles for every few seconds of additional warning it's possible for each base to launch additional aircraft missiles and as our weapon systems become even more sophisticated in speed and accuracy and destructive power time plays an increasingly important role as long as we can buy time with communications we can stay ahead when the life or death of a nation can be counted in minutes then every second every microsecond counts

Channel: PeriscopeFilm

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Keywords: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, command and control, Midas satellite, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, distant early warning, NORAD, SAGE system, Anti-ballistic Missile (Literature Subject), U.S. Air Force, Strategic Air Command (Armed Force), James Stewart (Film Actor), Nuclear, computer, Punched Card (Invention), Convair B-58 Hustler (Aircraft Model), Atlas missile, ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Rocket Function), B-52, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (Aircraft Model)

Id: w5J-FKmc9sc

Length: 26min 28sec (1588 seconds)

Published: Fri May 22 2015