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After the Fylingdales BMEWS radars had been replaced by Raytheon/[[Cossor AeroSpace]] and [[Control Data Corporation]] (embedded CDC-Cyber computer) at a cost of US $100M,{{Citation needed|reason=This claim was in the BMEWS article.date=March 2014|date=March 2014}} in February 1995 the "missile warning center at [[Cheyenne Mountain Air Station|Cheyenne Mountain AS]] [was] undergoing a $450 million upgrade program".<ref name=Orban1995>{{cite news|last=Orban|first=SSgt. Brian|date=February 1995|title=The trip wire|newspaper=Guardian|publisher=Air Force Space Command|page=6|quote=North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command command center. ... For more than 30 years, the crews operating the missile warning center inside Cheyenne Mountain have maintained an early warning trip line [for] incoming ballistic missiles}}</ref> The entire SSPARS became operational on January 31, 2001 when the "SSPARS Site"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/clear-air-force-station-alaska/|title=Clear Air Force Station, Alaska}}</ref> at Clear AFS (separate from the BMEWS site) had [[Initial Operational Capability]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clear AFS, AK |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/clear.htm |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |access-date=2014-03-05}}</ref> The Clear AN/FPS-120 was subsequently "upgraded to the AN/FPS-123 model" SSPA Radar,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fps-115.html|title=AN/FPS-115, AN/FPS-120, AN/FPS-123, AN/FPS-126}}</ref> and the SSPARS was modified in the '''Early Warning Radar Service Life Extension Program'''<ref name=Chapman>{{Cite book |last=Chapman |first=Bert |title=Space Warfare and Defense: A Historical Encyclopedia and Research Guide |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-59884-006-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae9f-7bV5w4C&q=%22Early+Warning+Radar%22+SSPARS&pg=PA153 |format=Google books |access-date=2014-03-13 |quote=BMEWS was replaced by the Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) in 2001. ... CINCAD (Command in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command)}}</ref> The US approved sale of an{{Which|reason=Was the Robins AFB PAVE PAWS the one sold to Taiwan?|date=March 2014}} AN/FPS-115 to Taiwan in 2000<ref name="MDA">{{cite web |url=http://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/uewr1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912144237/http://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/uewr1.pdf |archive-date=2014-09-12 }}</ref> and it was introduced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130730000090&cid=1101 |title=US radar system a waste of money for Taiwan: Magazine｜Politics｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com |access-date=2014-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907212831/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130730000090&cid=1101 |archive-date=2014-09-07 }}</ref>

==Classification of radar systems==

{{further|Joint Electronics Type Designation System}}

Under the [[Joint Electronics Type Designation System]] (JETDS), all U.S. military radar and tracking systems are assigned a unique identifying alphanumeric designation. The letters “AN” (for Army-Navy) are placed ahead of a three-letter code.<ref name=EWRS2013>{{cite book|author=Avionics Department|title=Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Engineering Handbook|edition=4|chapter=Missile and Electronic Equipment Designations|page=2-8.1|publisher=Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division|___location=Point Mugu, California|year=2013|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA617071.pdf}}</ref>

*The first letter of the three-letter code denotes the type of platform hosting the electronic device, where A=Aircraft, F=Fixed (land-based), S=Ship-mounted, and T=Ground transportable.

*The second letter indicates the type of equipment, where P=Radar (pulsed), Q=Sonar, and R=Radio.

*The third letter indicates the function or purpose of the device, where G=Fire control, R=Receiving, S=Search, and T=Transmitting.

Thus, the AN/FPS-132 represents the 132nd design of an Army-Navy “Fixed, Radar, Search” electronic device.<ref name=EWRS2013/><ref name=Winkler1997>{{cite book|last=Winkler|first=David F.|title=Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program|chapter=Radar Systems Classification Methods|page=73|publisher=United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command|___location=Langley AFB, Virginia|year=1997|lccn=97020912|url=https://nuke.fas.org/guide/usa/airdef/1997-06-01955.pdf}}</ref>

==AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar==