International Business Times:
An enhanced missile-defense radar system will be deployed in Hawaii by fall 2023, said the head of the United States Pacific Command, Adm. Harry Binkley Harris Jr., on Wednesday.
According to a report by Starts and Stripes, Harris Jr., however, said the deployment of a state-based interceptor was not decided. In a written testimony, submitted as part of a hearing in front of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Harris Jr. said the process of identifying the area where the Homeland Defense System would be positioned was almost complete and the contract for the work was expected to be issued in 2018.
In reference to the radar system, Harris Jr., said, “The new radar will provide an enhanced ballistic missile sensing and discrimination capability in the Pacific and will increase the capability of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System to defend the state of Hawaii.”
