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45°26'21"N 141°38'57"E Wakkanai former radarstation & microwave commolink in the JASDF network. (Tubetsu-Wakkanai-Abashiri)
Former USAr station, transferred to the Chobetsu in 1972.
JGSDF station established in 1955.Organisationally a detachment of the Higashi Chitose station.
Monitored shooting down of KAL 007 in 1983.
US AN/FLR-12 panoramic data collection system installed in 1965-66.
JGSDF 301 Coastal Surveillance Unit maintained a 36-element HF DF CDAA from1988 to 2009.
New 7-element HF DF array constructed in 2009.

Currently based:
JASDF Air Intelligence Collection Unit No.1.
JGSDF 301 Coastal Surveillance Unit.
JGSDF 2nd Defence Intelligence Division Detachment.
JMSDF Detachment.

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