The Missile Defense Agency today announced that it has selected Adak, AK, as the homeport for a sea-based X-band radar that will be used with the national missile defense system the Bush administration plans to field next year. The radar is slated to be operational in late 2005. MDA chose Adak over five other sites: Pearl Harbor, HI; Naval Base Ventura County, CA; Naval Station, Everett, WA; Valdez, AK; and the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll. The SBX radar,...
