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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes pages space unit keeps an Eye on the sky from Page 4 satellite though a Large part of the Day today work for the int the squadrons primary its first and fore most Job is to find and track Ballis tic missiles launched at the Given that its pres ence in the extremely isolated location of Thule makes a Little More initially installed in 1961 during the height of the cold the Sis station was set up to be the country first line of warning in the event the soviet Union launched a nuclear weapon at the by the shortest route possible Over the North Polar Lincoln the threat made Thule the first in what would become a Large array of radar stations around the world that now can watch for in coming missiles from various i including from sea based launch with overlapping fans of coverage in stations such As Clear air station in Alaska and Raf Fylingdales in to keep a constant Eye out for the site at Thule is a self contained facility with its own backup Power cafeteria and if s a scenario Simi Lar to the portrayal of warning and missile launch Sites in the movie War of jump suit Clad men sitting in window less rooms behind Many locked facing blinking Ter the reality int far both in concept and in the Type of equip ment seen in the the Termi at first look terrifically outdated in a military station tasked with charting every single object floating in space above like props from the the terminals Are Blocky instruments with the simple Blac Sandgreen screens that pre ceded color computer though their appearance in a make sense the system was last upgraded in Accord ing to its kind of but it does exactly what it needs to he even the system is undergo ing an a project that not Only will replace the aging Termi nals but change the units primary according to because the upgrade will allow the radar to track missiles with enough Range and precision to guide ground based interception it will take on a mis Sil defense though Lincoln is Quick to stress that no Deci Sion making is made at email Ben Murray at  Ben and stripes Thule air base residents Jimmy Florian and master Bernard Cenidoza share a laugh in an abandoned guard Shack above a former ground air missile site in 9 it i to h m 1 i i marvels first family of the fantastic meets their greatest Challenge yet in fantastic four and the Silver surfer As the inter galactic the Silver comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction As the Silver surfer races Aio Imd the Globe a breaking havoc sue Johnny and Hen must unravel the mystery of the Silver surfer and confront the u their mortal enemy doom before All Hope is lost director inn Story writer Mark Frost rating up Tor Seg ounces of action violence some mild language and innuendo fantastic of jul Nisi Silver suf feh give the gift that everyone loves people love to go to the even More so when they receive an cafes reel time gift this gift Booklet has ten gift certificates that Are for cafes theater admission or Concession stand visit and select movie please Check your local theater for show  
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