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U.S. Plans: MDA Considering Hawaii For Sea-Based X-Band Radar The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is considering stationing the Sea-Based Test X-Band radar platform, a component of a U.S. missile defense system, in Hawaii for testing, the Honolulu Advertiser reported Sunday (see GSN, Jan. 28). If Hawaii were to be chosen, the radar would be moored for up to nine months at one of two locations in the state and then moved to one of three operational areas in the northern Pacific, according to the Advertiser. In addition to Hawaii, the agency is considering five other locations for the radar platform — California, Washington state, the Marshall Islands and two sites in Alaska. The agency last week invited the public to comment on a draft environmental impact statement for the radar platform. Public comment will be taken until March 24, with a final statement expected in August, the Advertiser reported. The radar platform itself will probably not be deployed until at least 2005, said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Robert Dees, a radar platform technical adviser (William Cole, Honolulu Advertiser, March 9).
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