HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Missile Defense Agency is now also eyeing Kauai as a potential site for its planned $1.9 billion high powered ballistic missile radar.

As mandated by Congress, there were previously three sites being studied for the radar.

Two sites are at the U.S. Army’s Kahuku Training Area, and on Kuaokala Ridge at Kaena point, which is mostly state land adjacent to the U.S. Air Force Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station.

The fourth potential site is at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on Kauai’s west coast.

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