Massachusetts Historical Commission, Form B - Building: Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod Air Station
Creators: name: Hoffecker, John F.
name: Whorton, Mandy
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Cold War Era
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5551/cold-war-era
subject: Cold War
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7288/cold-war
subject: Building 010
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133655/building-010
subject: Building 002
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117237/building-002
subject: Building 021
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133656/building-021
subject: Building 004
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133654/building-004
subject: Building 054
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133659/building-054
subject: Building 058
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133660/building-058
subject: Building 023
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133657/building-023
subject: Building 050
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133658/building-050
subject: Warehouse
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/530/warehouse
subject: Maintenance Shop
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2678/maintenance-shop
subject: Scanner Building
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4790/scanner-building
subject: Electric Power Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2775/electric-power-station
subject: Sentry Post
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4791/sentry-post
subject: Flammable Storage Building
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4792/flammable-storage-building
subject: Water Treatment Plant
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/729/water-treatment-plant
subject: Cape Cod Air Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167869/cape-cod-air-station
subject: Cape Cod Space Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170259/cape-cod-space-force-station
subject: Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170260/perimeter-acquisition-vehicle-entry-phased-array-warning-system
subject: Pave PAWS Radar Network
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167497/pave-paws-radar-network
subject: Cape Cod Air Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167498/cape-cod-air-force-station
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Building forms for the Massachusetts Historical Commission recording buildings at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod Air Station. Buildings recorded either housed or supported the PAVE PAWS radar at Cape Cod Air Station.
The PAVE PAWS (Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System) was designed and built for the U.S. Air Force top early warning of submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) fired from the Atlantic Ocean. Three other PAVE PAWS sites provide coverage of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Prior to PAVE PAWS, ballistic missile early warning systems had been focused on the polar zone, reflecting the threat of ground-based ICBMs on the territory of the Soviet Union. Advances in submarine and SLBM technology during the 1950s and 1960s permitted forward deployment of Soviet missiles off the coasts of North America by 1969, forcing a shift away from the "polar concept" that dominated U.S. strategic defense planning during the early Cold War. Development of PAVE PAWS began in the early 1970s, and the facilities at Cape Cod were completed in 1978, becoming the first operational PAVE PAWS site in North America.