AN/FSQ-32

For the deployed vacuum-tube centrals which preceded this planned system, see AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central and AN/FSQ-8 Combat Control Central.
AN/FSQ-32
The USAF planned an underground "Super Combat Center" with AN/FSQ-32 in the Ottawa sector to be completed by August 1, 1962, for use as a Direction Center,[2] but after the solid-state AN/FSQ-32 was cancelled, the underground bunker completed in 1963 was instead equipped with a vacuum tube AN/FSQ-7.
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General information
TypeCommand, control, and coordination system
Location23rd & Colorado Blvd, Santa Monica, California[1]
CountryUnited States
Coordinates34°10′40″N 118°28′25″W / 34.17778°N 118.47361°W / 34.17778; -118.47361[1]
OpenedBuilt 1960-1
Used until ~1970[3]
Design and construction
Architect(s)IBM Kingston Engineering

The AN/FSQ-32 SAGE Solid State Computer (AN/FSQ-7A before December 1958,[4]: 27  colloq. "Q-32") was a planned military computer of the United States Air Force. It was central for deployment to Super Combat Centers in nuclear bunkers and to some above-ground military installations. In 1958, Air Defense Command planned to acquire 13 Q-32 centrals[5] for several Air Divisions/Sectors.

  1. ^ a b Young, David Evan (Oct 4, 2011). "web posting". Retrieved 2013-05-12. Number of AN/FSQ-32 computers manufactured: 2...1 at SDC; 1 at IBM
  2. ^ "1958 NORAD/CONAD Historical Summary: July-December" (PDF). Table 2 Solid State Computer Deployment Schedule: Operational Dates (p. 27).[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Charles P. Bourne; Trudi Bellardo Hahn (2003). A history of online information services, 1963-1976. MIT Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-262-02538-6.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference NORAD1958B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ADCoep1958 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).