The 10-story high PAVE PAWS radar facility on the Massachussetts Military Reservation, designed to detect missle attacks and track space objects, is part of proposed plans for a new national missle defence facility. Activists have worried for decades that the microwave radiation eminating from the from the facility is harmful to Cape residents.
Links to Cape Cod Times articles on PAVE PAWS:
-PAVE
PAWS (Oct. 1, 2000)
-PAVE
PAWS re-enters the limelight (Sept. 21, 1999)
-Kennedy
seeks new research on radar (Jan. 13, 2001)
-PAVE
PAWS study planned (Dec. 14, 1999)
-Air
Force trip for officials defended (Jan. 11, 2001)
-Sandwich
radar site clearly on her screen (Jan. 16, 2000)
-Residents
express concern on radar (Jan. 23, 2000)
-News
(Oct. 6, 1998)
-PAVE
PAWS opponents will me independently (Dec. 30, 1999)
-Radar
facility focus of activists (Nov. 27, 1999)
-Critics
unhappy with PAVE PAWS study (Nov. 30, 1999)
-Residents
challenge role of Air Force radar group (Mar. 27, 2000)
-Experts
doubt radar's safety (Dec. 27, 2000)
-Cape
activists allege conflict in radar study (Mar. 4, 2000)
-PAVE
PAWS (Feb. 21, 1999)
-PAVE
PAWS talks to give public a say (Apr. 24, 2000)
-Boston
group cites PAVE PAWS as hazard (Nov. 29, 2000)
-Sandwich
woman lobbies for full PAVE PAWS review (Nov. 6, 1999)
-Cape
residents question plan for PAVE PAWS upgrade (Sep. 22,1999)
-Public
blasts state's PAVE PAWS report (Mar. 14, 2000)
-Air
Force promotes PAVE PAWS upgrade (Mar. 29, 2000)
-PAVE
PAWS to be discussed (Mar. 13, 2000)
-New
forum to air fears over radar (Feb. 17, 2000)
-Radar
critic urges study of health risks (Mar. 14, 2001)
-Air
Force counters radar health worries (Apr. 27, 2001)
-Radar
facility faces review (Nov. 30, 1998)
-Cape's
lawmakers urge radar study (Apr. 11, 2001)
-County
may oversee study of PAVE PAWS (Aug. 3, 2000)
-PAVE
PAWS modernization debated (Aug. 18, 2000)
-Air
Force researcher urges further radar study (Jan. 25, 2001)
-Getting
the signals straight (Sep. 15, 2000)
-More
Articles.......
Other useful Links about PAVE PAWS:
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PAWS radar system facts sheet
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PAWS program
-PAVE
PAWS radar system
-PAVE
PAWS and conclusive proof
-PAVE
PAWS (U)
-MDPH
BEHA - PAVE PAWS
-PAVE
PAWS early warning radar
-Pentagon
agrees to PAVE PAWS study
-Cape
Cod radar raises concern
-Radar
tower plan rekindles fears
-Other
useful sites.....
"At the same time, the "incidental" sidelobe radiation from these Pentagon radars (PAVE PAWS) can disable TVs, radios, radar altimeters and satellite communications over a 250-mile range. PAVE PAWS radiation can also disrupt cardiac pacemakers seven miles away and cause the "inadvertent detonation" of electrically triggered flares and bombs in passing aircraft."
