Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System

The Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System, better known as Missile Master, was a electronic fire distribution center for United States Army surface-to-air missiles. It aimed to computerize Cold War air defense (AD) command posts from manual plotting board operations to automated command and control.

Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System
Part of Army Air Defense Command Posts
at Missile Master complexes
9 states: CA IL MA MD MI NJ(2) NY PA WA
in United States
Typemilitary command, control and coordination system
Site information
OwnerUnited States Army
OperatorArmy Air Defense Command
Controlled by
Subsystems
&
AAOC
consoles		tactical display subsystem with

3 tactical monitor consoles:

  • friendly protector console
  • operations officer's console
  • commander's console

tracking subsystem with

  • 6 tracking consoles
  • 2 surveillance and entry cons.
  • 2 range-height indicator cons.
  • channel status unit
computing and storage equipment
ADL transmitters and receivers
For other Nike command & control systems, see BIRDIE and Missile Mentor.

The 10 C3 systems used radar netting ("electronic umbrella") at Missile Master military installations for coordinating ground-controlled interception by Nike and MIM-23 Hawk missiles. The vacuum tube fire control logic reduced the time to designate the appropriate missile battery to launch if an enemy target had intruded into a defense area where an AN/FSG-1 system was deployed.

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