AIR FORCE `ALERT' SYSTEM

A new Air Force Space Command squadron that evolved from a Talon Shield project can now provide theater ballistic missile warning information to field units within seconds. During the gulf war in 1991, alerts reached theater commanders several minutes after launch detection. This Attack and Launch...

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