Development of a capability for Ku-band communications interoperability at critical earth stations to maintain emergency communications networks. Napa is not alone in this area in participation of the program, units exist through Pac Bell's access tandem in Vallejo and also in Benicia and Santa Rosa. These units can patch in or over disrupted communication ground lines. On Tuesday, the Sentinel published an article outlining the purposes and scope of the local project and its relationship with the helicopter traffic. Continuity of the U.S. Government in case of nuclear attack or other upheaval.
Secure communication links with the outside world in the event of a disaster.
The helicopter traffic over the last year has been provisioning an elaborate underground complex designed to hold government officials, scientists and other high echelon personnel in the event of an emergency, similar facilities are active all over the United States. The local installation is combining and replacing installations from Benicia to underground railroad tunnels in Ukiah. There is no sinister plot involved. The site was selected because Napa is considered to be safe from the nuclear fallout zone. During the summer months, the Napa Sentinel published a series of articles on black helicopters and a clandestine government base operating in Napa County.