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U.S. Plans: West Coast Mayor Opposes Sea-Based X-Band Radar The mayor of Everett, Wash., met with high-ranking U.S. military officials in Washington last week in an attempt to prevent the U.S. Defense Department from stationing the Sea-Based Test X-Band Radar (SBX) — a component in the planned U.S. missile defense system — in the city (see GSN, March 11). Everett Mayor Frank Anderson refused to say with whom he met, but did describe one official as someone with direct access to Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish. The city is concerned that the radar could affect local hospital equipment and interfere with radio communications. “We are going to work hard and push forward with everything in our power to discourage this from coming here,” Anderson said. “Public health is a big issue; it has to be our No. 1 concern. And great things are happening in Everett in terms of economic development,” he said. The radar system is set to be equipped with measures to prevent it from interfering with medical or radio equipment, said MDA spokesman Rick Lehner. “There’s software included in the radar to prevent it from emitting emission that could damage things like that,” he said. The agency is expected to release a final environmental impact statement on the SBX radar project next month, according to the Seattle Times. The agency is then expected to choose one out of six sites, including Everett, for the system by September, Lehner said (Rachel Tuinstra, Seattle Times, June 18).
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