Texas Towers: "Georges Bank Radar Station" 1957 US Navy; Early Warning Radar on Oil Platform

This video is about the Texas Towers, five were planned, however only three of these radar towers were built during the Cold War to give the United States up to an additional 30 minutes of warning in case of an attack from the Soviet Union.

Starting operations in 1956, the towers were in use until a major storm destroyed Tower 4 in 1961.  The other towers were decommissioned in 1963, as technology had progressed giving us other means to detect not just Soviet bombers, but Soviet ICBM's.

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Texas Tower 4

Deth at sea: The tragedy of Texas Tower 4

Texas Towers: Four victims remembered