Oahu selected for new Hawaii missile defense radar, three potential sites in consideration

By Jason Sherman / June 1, 2018 at 12:06 PM
The Pentagon is eying Oahu, HI for a new radar to improve defense of both the U.S. archipelago state and the rest of the nation from North Korean long-range rockets, and is launching a study considering three potential sites on the island for the $1 billion Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii project. On June 1, the Missile Defense Agency published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for construction and operation of the new radar which aims to increase...

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