-- The
Greatest Atoll in the Pacific Ocean --
Kwajalein
-- From
Stonehenge to Starwars --
By Ted Burris
A Key US
Military Site Since 1944
From the Space X
Rocket Site, to the US Military Missile Range,
& Host to World Wide GPS Navigation,
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A First Person Account of America's History --
"Kwajalein is a small
American town like paradise. It's like going on vacation and
falling in love."
Former
American resident of Kwajalein
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Kwajalein is one of the 29 atolls and 5 islands of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands. Located north of the equator and west
of the international date line, the Marshalls are a part of
Micronesia.
Literally in the stone age some 200 years ago, the strategic
importance of Kwajalein during WWII, brought the Marshallese
people into the space age within just a few years.
If you enjoy the history of the
American Military in the Pacific,
you should get this book.
6 x
9 inches
30 Illustrations,
314 pages
ISBN:1-892451-30-1
$23.95 Hardcover
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Kwaj
is the largest coral atoll in the Pacific, and of the larger
atolls, has the most land area of any. Used for US military
purposes since American forces captured the atoll in the Battle
of Kwajalein in 1944, Kwaj today is a key location in the
Pacific for many operations.
Kwaj
is a commercial launch site for SpaceX -- a private rocket
launching organization. It also contains the Ronald Reagan
Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) which includes radar
installations, optics, telemetry, and communications equipment
for ballistic missile and missile interceptor testing.
It
also provides space operations support. The large atoll also
hosts one of three ground antennas in the world that assist in
the operation of the Global Positioning System.
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Advanced Lincoln Laboratory Tracking And
Instrumentation Radar (ALTAIR)
Research Projects Agency |
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