. ▁The ▁guns ▁were ▁to ▁defend ▁against ▁any ▁German ▁landing ▁parties , ▁and ▁the ▁explos ives ▁were ▁to ▁destroy ▁the ▁secret ▁L OR AN ▁equipment ▁so ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁fall ▁into ▁enemy ▁hands . ▁In ▁late ▁fall , ▁two ▁German ▁sub mar ines ▁were ▁reported ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁kilomet re ▁from ▁the ▁station , ▁raising ▁an ▁app reh ension ▁that ▁a ▁landing ▁was ▁im min ent . ▁However , ▁the ▁sub mar ines ▁moved ▁on . ▁If ▁they ▁had ▁not , ▁O wen ▁said , ▁the ▁W R EN S ' ▁instructions ▁were ▁to ▁ ▁" S ho ot , ▁set ▁the ▁dynam ite ▁and ▁then ▁run ▁like ▁hell ▁... ▁We ▁were ▁going ▁to ▁blow ▁the ▁whole ▁thing ▁up ." ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁L OR AN ▁site ▁was ▁operated ▁by ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Transport . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁the ▁R CN ▁sought ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁rad ar ▁site ▁on ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁coast ▁of ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ; ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁sites ▁were ▁considered , ▁including ▁remote ▁S able ▁Island ▁which ▁was ▁ultimately ▁rejected ▁by ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁due ▁to ▁log ist ical ▁problems . ▁The ▁Bac car o ▁Point ▁site ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁near ▁the ▁south western - most ▁point ▁of ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ▁at ▁Cape ▁S able ▁Island ▁and ▁would ▁provide ▁maximum ▁coverage ▁area . ▁ ▁By ▁that ▁time , ▁the ▁P inet ree ▁Line ▁early ▁warning ▁rad ar ▁network ▁was ▁being ▁proposed ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States