Honolulu Civil Beat:

The military is weighing putting a $1.9 billion defense radar on Oahu or Kauai after Hawaii’s congressional delegation thwarted a Pentagon attempt to defund the project last year.

The Missile Defense Agency is soliciting public comments through April 12 on the $1.9 billion missile radar system in Hawaii after narrowing down the possible locations to the Army’s Kahuku Training Area on Oahu or the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai.

Last year the Pentagon attempted to defund the Homeland Defense Radar — Hawaii citing difficulty finding a viable location and an interest in looking at alternative sensor systems. Hawaii’s congressional delegation fought to restore funding to the project, with Sen. Mazie Hirono calling it her “top priority” in Congress’s annual defense funding bill.

But with local opposition mounting to construction on the North Shore, Hawaii’s freshman congressman Rep. Kai Kahele has thrown his support behind the Kauai site…

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