The Spartan was a United States Army interceptor in the six-part SAFEGUARD system, which was designed to give North Dakota an anti-ballistic missile defense against Soviet attack. At Cavalier Air Force Station, the Perimeter Acquisition Radar and Attack Characterization System would detect inbound missiles and send that information to the Missile Site Radar at Nekoma, which would launch and control Spartan long-range interceptors to destroy enemy warheads. Today, the men and women of the 10th Space Warning Squadron at Cavalier AFS use a Spartan warrior as their unit mascot to acknowledge the site’s heritage, and a full-scale model there was designed, built, and donated by Lorrich Industries of Cavalier, North Dakota in recognition of the teamwork and friendship between Cavalier AFS and the surrounding community.