Yes!!
The tracking page at Norad:
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/tracking.php
More information about the Norad Santa Track:
http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php
NORAD is the bi-national U.S.-Canadian military organization responsible for the aerospace defense of the United States and Canada. Why the track Santa every year, I don't know!
2006-12-15 09:04:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Tracking Santa
By Staff Sgt. Lee Roberts, USAF
Courtesy of the J-Scope
WASHINGTON -- Defense officials have instructed the Pentagon's
National Military Command Center to stand up the Santa Reporting System
on Christmas Eve to confirm when Kris Kringle and his team of terrestrial
navigators enter the nation's airspace.
Working with North American Aerospace Defense Command and Strategic
Command officials, National Military Command Control Team No. 5 will use an
advanced missile tracking satellite system, dynamic radar and galactic
binoculars to monitor the skies for Saint Nick's arrival, officials said.
Led by Rear Adm. Gene Kendall, deputy director for current
operations, the team has been instructed to call Marine Lt. Gen. Pete Pace,
the Joint Staff J-3 Operations Directorate director, when Santa and his
reindeer cross over the North Pole headed for America. Pace will in turn
notify National Command Authorities and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
Air Force Maj. J. C. Crownover, a space-systems-support
surveillance officer, said the team tracks Santa Claus each year to
ensure his sleigh travels safely through inclement weather and to warn
commercial and military aircraft to keep out of the jolly man's path.
Crownover noted tracking systems can and do differentiate between
Santa and a missile or aircraft -- friend or foe. "Santa is easy to track
because he's not burning as bright as missiles and aircraft do," he said.
"We really use the ability of the satellites to track something going fast
as opposed to something burning. However, if we have bad weather, we can
detect Rudolph's red nose with our infrared satellite."
Officials shouldn't have to depend on Rudolph's nose too often this
year because Air Force weather officials predict few obstacles for Santa
Claus and his reindeer on Christmas Eve. Capt. Kristen Schmitt, Air Force
staff weather officer, forecasts windy and cold conditions on Christmas
Eve, but no precipitation. She said an extended outlook shows mild
conditions are expected in the western and southern regions, while freezing
rain is a possibility in some Midwestern states. It should snow in upper
elevations of the Midwest, and in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Schmitt added a possibility exists Santa Claus may be slightly
delayed with heavy snow in New England and around the Great Lakes. But
Santa has lots of experience traveling in these conditions, and kids
shouldn't worry.
Kendall, Army Lt. Col. George L. Adamakos, Air Force Lt. Col.
William R. Hanson, Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Smith, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew L.
Klunder, Navy Lt. Cmdr. William T. Cooney, Air Force Maj. David L. Peck,
Navy Lt. Don Means, Air Force Capt. Bob J. Weber, Air Force Capt. Dion R.
Wall, Army Sgt. 1st Class Jerry L. Feuchtwanger, Air Force Tech. Sgt.
Aubrey B. Smith, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Richards, Air Force Senior
Airman Benjamin Smith, Army Master Sgt. Beverly A. Mcclinton, Air Force
Master Sgt. Michael S. Kidd Jr., And Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Dorman
will be on watch in the National Military Command Center from 9 p.m.
Christmas Eve to 5 a.m. Christmas Day.
They are ready to keep a watchful eye and willing to report when
every child's dream comes true -– when Santa is on his way!]
(Roberts is editor of J-Scope, newspaper ofd the Joint Staff)
2006-12-15 09:11:57
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answered by Booper 2
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I'll like to know too.
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2006-12-15 09:21:54
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answered by Tashi Khoo 3
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