‘Golf ball’ radar helps plug gap in Pacific
The giant Sea-Based X-Band Radar has come and gone from Hawaii again as it embarks on another lengthy defense-of-the-homeland and missile defense testing mission.
But while here the “golf ball” resulted in over $47 million in repair and upgrade contracts benefiting Hawaii’s economy.
The more than $2 billion floating radar continues to perform tracking duty for the possibility of North Korean threats — as well as missile defense testing assignments — as the $1.9 billion Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii struggles to find a home, either above the Kahuku Motocross Park on Oahu or at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai.
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