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Luchtwachttoren Posterholt (8O2)

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    Location: Echt-Susteren, Limburg, Netherlands

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    June 7, 2023

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    Air Surveillance Tower, Cold War relic to detect low-flying enemy bombers.
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    May 1, 2025

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    meteotoren.nl/index.php?id=luchtwachttoren-posterholt&lang=en

    The ruins of the Posterholt Air Watchtower (8O2) are located on the edge of the Nieuw Annendaalsbosch, south of Posterholt, near the German border.
    The tower is constructed from …
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    An air watchtower was an observation post used in the Netherlands in the 1950s and 1960s by the Air Surveillance Corps (KLD) to scan Dutch airspace for Russian aircraft during the Cold War.

    The radar equipment of the time was not yet suitable for fast, low-flying aircraft.
    The KLD was established to "observe enemy aircraft using observation and listening posts, thus providing the necessary data to combat enemy air attacks and to warn friendly troops and the civilian population in good time of approaching danger from the air."
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