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McGuire Air Defense Missile Site Plutonium Remediation, Site Historical Preservation Report, New Egypt, New Jersey (2005)
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The US developed a vast air defense network system from both Air Force and Army elements consisting of supersonic jets, anti-aircraft guns and missiles, radar detection capabilities, and ground observation to counter the Soviet threat of bombers equipped with nuclear weapons. As part of this air defense system, the Air Force along with private industry developed the BOMARC surface to air missile system, the BOMARC, named from "BO" for Boeing and "MARC" for Michigan Aeronautical Research Center,...