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[[File:PAVE PAWS&BMEWS.svg|thumb|300px|Coverage of the original [[PAVE PAWS]] and [[BMEWS]] systems, later upgraded to SSPARS and eventually to UEWR]]

[[File:Radar RAF Fylingdales.jpg|thumb|BMEWS solid-state phased-array radar at RAF Fylingdales]]

The '''Solid State Phased Array Radar System'''{{r|Chapman}} (SSPARS, [[colloquialism|colloquially]] "BMEWS radar network'" as late as 2004)<ref>{{Cite report |editor1=Carter, Austin |editor2=Mattorano, Gino |year=2004 |title=Space Command Almanac 2004-2005 |url=http://www.afspc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-060316-011.pdf |publisher=HQ AFSPACECOMM Public Affairs }}</ref> is a [[United States Space Force]] radar, computer, and communications system for missile warning and space surveillance "at five (5) geographically separated units worldwide including [[Beale AFBAir Force Base]], CA, [[Cape Cod AirSpace Force Station|Cape Cod, AFS]], MA, [[Clear AFSSpace Force Station]], AK, [[RAF Fylingdales]], UK, and [[Thule ABAirbase]], Greenland."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Operations, Maintenance and Support for the Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) at 5 Geographically Separated Units WorldWide |url=https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=caf2eb4dbcca881980fb2e403a8e3194&_cview=0 |number=FA2517-04-R-0016 |publisher=FedBizOpps.gov |access-date=2014-03-13}}</ref> SSPARS completed replacement of the [[Ballistic Missile Early Warning System|RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System]] when the last SSPAR (phased array radar with 2500 "solid state transmitter" modules)<ref>http://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/rsl-documents/research/SARlab/GMTILiterature/PDF/Skolnik90.pdf</ref> was operational at Clear in 2001,{{r|Chapman}} the year SSPARS equipment included:

* '''Raytheon [[AN/FPS-123]] PAVE PAWS Radar'''<ref>{{Cite report |title=Communications-Electronics (C-E) Managers Handbook |url=http://nato.radioscanner.ru/files/article63/communications_elect.pdf |access-date=2014-03-13 |quote=AN/FPS-49 has a traditional azimuth bearing assembly (race and steel balls) while the AN/FPS-92 has a hydrostatic bearing (antenna floats on a high pressure film of hydraulic fluid). AN/FPQ-16 Radar Set, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System - PARCS: PARCS is a single faced phased array radar system consisting of AN/FPQ-16 radar and an AN/FSQ-100 computer system located at Cavalier AFS, ND. The primary mission of the PARCS is to provide the [[Cheyenne Mountain Complex|CMC]] with TW/AA data on all SLBMs penetrating the coverage area. ... FORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FMS) PROVIDES THE CONUS NORAD REGION COMMANDER WITH TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION}}</ref> at Beale (FPS-115 [[IOC]] April 4, 1980) and Cape Cod (FPS-115 [[IOC]] August 15, 1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/pavepaws.htm|title=AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS Radar|first=John|last=Pike}}</ref>