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After months of construction delays last year due to coronavirus restrictions, a long-range missile defense radar system in Alaska is largely complete and will begin initial operations late this year, the Missile Defense Agency said Wednesday.

All “major production activities” on the Long-Range Discrimination Radar at Clear Air Force Station have been completed, the agency said in a news release. The station is about 90 miles southwest of Fairbanks in central Alaska.

Initial fielding had originally been scheduled for 2020, but steps taken to reduce the possible spread of the coronavirus delayed construction.

Work was halted in March when access to the Air Force station was limited to essential personnel, according to the release. A skeleton crew remained to monitor alarms and keep an eye on critical heating and cooling systems, with construction work resuming in May…

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