In article um5zg.84646$ZW3.18301@dukeread04,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

True, generally in areas not served by airlines at the time
the facility was built. Military radar is mostly used for
continental defense, with some ATC functions, as you fly
through their airspace, FAA TC will hand you off.

actually some of the military radars are exactly the same
as radars used by the FAA. In fact, the DASR is the
DoD name for the new ASR-11. The DoD is buying some
and the FAA is buying some (albeit way more than the DoD).

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