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Northern Command is wrapping up testing of the Long Range Discrimination Radar for missile defense, and expects that it will be operational within “months,” says Brig. Gen. Joey Lestorti, head of the command’s J3 operations directorate.

“We are literally months away from being able to plug in the Long Range Discrimination Radar, LRDR, in the missile defense operational architecture. From the testing so far we are seeing positive results for what this radar can do for us, discriminating threats to the continental US to make ground-based interceptor engagements more lethal,” he told the annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., today.

Lestorti said that domain awareness is the “top priority” for NORTHCOM Commander Gen. Glen VanHerck and noted that the LRDR would help make substantial progress.

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