Tukialik Radar Site (LAB-5) | |
Partof: | North Warning System |
Location: | Labrador, Canada |
Ensign: | File:North American Aerospace Defense Command logo.svg |
Type: | Short Range Radar Station |
Code: | LAB-5 |
Built: | October 1992 |
Builder: | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Used: | 1992-present |
Controlledby: | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
Tukialik Short Range Radar Site (LAB-5) is a Royal Canadian Air Force Short Range Radar Site located in eastern Labrador, 127miles northeast of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1]
The facility contains a Short Range AN/FPS-124 doppler airborne target surveillance radar that was installed in October 1992 as part of the North Warning System. The site (LAB-5) also consists of radar towers, communications facility, and storage and tunnel connected buildings for personnel.[2]