Joint Soviet/American Loran operations-the Bering Sea chain

On April 28, 1988, the US Coast Guard negotiated a proposal with the Soviet Union for the implementation of a mixed Loran-C/Chayka chain in the North Pacific. This agreement was signed at the May, 1988, summit meeting between the two countries' leaders. The author discusses the similarities and differences of the US Loran-C and USSR Chayka systems, and presents the agreed-on design for a Bering Sea chain. This proposed chain would provide marine and aviation coverage over the 500-mile-wide coverage gap that exists in the North Pacific between the North Pacific chain, and the Northwest Pacific and Soviet Eastern USSR chains. It is concluded that implementation of a usable Loran-C/Chayka radionavigation chain is technically feasible.<
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