Media Coverage

(Last updated 11 Jun 2005, indicated by ($) after link.)
One of Our Missile Sites is Missing
Associated Press feature article by Sid Moody, 24 Jan 1981.

A Bizarre Monument to Non-Architecture
Quote from New York Times article by architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, 14 Dec 1975.

Cavalier Air Station Gets New Name
Cavalier (N.D.) Chronicle article about the renaming of Cavalier Air Station (formerly the Safeguard PAR), 2 Mar 2000. Also has history of various names for the installation over the years.

On the Lone Praririe
USAF "Airman" Online Magazine article about Cavalier Air Force Station and the PARCS radar. Be sure to click on the photos for larger versions.

Grand Forks N.D. Herald Community of the Week: Concrete
"The Perimeter Acquisition Radar (PAR) site, in Beaulieu Township near Concrete, was constructed in the early 1970s as part of the Department of Defense anti-ballistic missile system known as Safeguard"

Grand Forks N.D. Herald Community of the Week: Nekoma
"The area's massive concrete 'prairie pyramid' military radar site has become well-known around the world. It stands like a Mayan temple on the flat North Dakota landscape."

Safeguard sites selected in Missouri
1971 ARADCOM Argus article about selection of sites for Safeguard deployment at Whiteman AFB.

1964 UPI Sprint photo ($)
Caption claims it's "...the first picture to be released of the Army's new Sprint anti-missile missile..."..

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