The Defense Department must begin a study on converting the Aegis Ashore test facility in Hawaii into an operational site to defend the homeland, according to the U.S. Pacific Command chief. Adm. Harry Harris said during a Feb. 24 House Armed Services Committee hearing that he favors a study on the feasibility of turning the test facility into an operational site. The program of record for Aegis Ashore is one operational site in Romania and one located in Poland. "I...
