{"id":1970,"date":"2015-11-26T01:12:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T01:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2017-11-19T23:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T23:00:48","slug":"project-corrode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/project-corrode\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Counter Change \/ Project Corrode – Enemy Attack Defense Study, 1950s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/h3>\n

The following description was taken\u00a0from recently declassified government documents, obtained by The Black Vault, about Project Corrode:<\/p>\n

During the summer of 1952, a Study Group under the auspices of Lincoln Laboratory\u00a0conducted a study of the defense of the United States against enemy air attack. This Summer\u00a0Study Group recommended the establishment of a distant early-warning (DEW) line in the arctic\u00a0region to provide warning of impending air attack sufficiently early so that effective defense\u00a0measures could be initiated before enemy aircraft entered vital areas.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Late in 1952, PROJECT COUNTER CHANGE (now PROJECT CORRODE) was established under Air Force cognizance to provide for the installation of a model DEW line and for the\u00a0development of improved equipment for early-warning application. As prime contractor for\u00a0PROJECT CORRODE, the Western Electric Company agreed to furnish the necessary equipment\u00a0and install it during the summer of 1953. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Certain phases of the initial development and engineering\u00a0design were undertaken by Lincoln Laboratory In December 1951, and the commitments for\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>the first phase of the field installations were fulfilled on the scheduled date of 1\u00a0May 1953. \u00a0The Lincoln Laboratory also provided supporting technical services. These included\u00a0training of Western Electric operating personnel and the installation and initial adjustment of\u00a0radar and communications equipment at the domestic sites. In the Far North, Laboratoty personnel\u00a0assisted in the adjustment and initial operation of the VHF scatter-communication equipment (at this writing, similar services are being furnished for radar equipment).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Declassified Documents<\/h3>\n

\"\"\u00a0PROGRESS REPT. TO WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, 8 DECEMBER 1952-31 DECEMBER 1953<\/a> [76 Pages, 19.6MB]<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0PROGRESS REPT. NO. 2 TO WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, 1 JANUARY-31 MAY 1954<\/a>\u00a0[23 Pages, 7.3MB]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Background The following description was taken\u00a0from recently declassified government documents, obtained by The Black Vault, about Project Corrode: During the summer of 1952, a Study Group under the auspices of Lincoln Laboratory\u00a0conducted a study of the defense of the United States against enemy air attack. This Summer\u00a0Study Group recommended the establishment of a distant early-warning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[753,648,752],"class_list":["post-1970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-military-defense","tag-lincoln-laboratory","tag-missile-defense","tag-project-corrode"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t