<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
(from website)
NORAD uses four high-tech systems to track Santa - radar, satellites, SantaCams and jet fighter aircraft.

It all starts with the NORAD radar system called the North Warning System. This powerful radar system has 47 installations strung across Canada's North and Alaska. NORAD makes a point of checking the radar closely for indications of Santa Claus leaving the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

The moment our radar tells us that Santa has lifted off, we begin to use the same satellites that we use in providing warning of possible missile launches aimed at North America. These satellites are located in a geo-synchronous orbit (that's a cool phrase meaning that the satellite is always fixed over the same spot on the Earth) at 22,300 miles above the Earth. The satellites have infrared sensors, meaning they can see heat. When a rocket or missile is launched, a tremendous amount of heat is produced - enough for the satellites to see them. Rudolph's nose gives off an infrared signature similar to a missile launch. The satellites can detect Rudolph's bright red nose with practically no problem. With so many years of experience, NORAD has become good at tracking aircraft entering North America, detecting worldwide missile launches and tracking the progress of Santa, thanks to Rudolph. It is important to note, however, that our scientists have tried to determine the chemical process that occurs that creates the heat that is generated by Rudolph's nose but they have not been able to thus far. </font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fishstickz:
Thanks alot..
</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by kyle90:
You would think that NORAD would have something better to do... like looking for terrorists or something. But yah, that's a cool site.

</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by kyle90:
You would think that NORAD would have something better to do... like looking for terrorists or something.</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">As they have since 1958, the Air Force personnel of the Canadian NORAD Region will continue their mission to deter, detect and defend against aerial threats to Canada. However, Christmas Eve will see that one special “track of interest” that signs off with a hearty “Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Axis:
So if oh say Russia or someone wanted to nuke the U.S. or anyone wanted to nuke anything all they'd have to due is tie up santa and launch a nuke from the North pole so everyone will be sitting on their couch watching the NORAD updates and then think "Oh boy! It's sant-" *insert nuclear holocaust here* Hmm... just a sick and twisted thought I was thinking.

</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Krokodile:
Sick and twisted? Maybe. Wrong? Absolutely! Pay a visit to the North Pole. Come on, do it. Go there and look for Santa. Search all over the place. Now, I don't know if the penguins live only in South or North Pole or both, but that's all you'll find, and maybe some crazy guys in their igloos. BUT NOT SANTA. NOT THE FATHER OF CHRISTMAS, NOT HIS REINDEER, AND NOT HIS LITTLE GNOMES. Come on, go take a look. Search the entire area. I promise you, you'll find absolutely no sign of Santa Claus. Not in the North Pole. Not even in the damn South Pole! The old guy lives in Finland's Lapland with his wife, mother Christmas. YEAH, SANTA CLAUS HAS A WIFE.

</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by kyle90:
Nope, Santa lives at the North pole. You didn't expect him to live on the surface, did you? Ha! He has a secret underwater base at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, right at the north pole.

</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Robin Williams Live
...Jews with catapaults yelling "NOW!"</font>