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| | Pentagon to reopen Aleutian base to support missile defense radar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The base at Adak, Alaska was deemed to be the most suitable of six sites considered because it was closest to the anticipated operating area of the new sea-based X-Band radar in the eastern Pacific, said Rick Lehner, a spokesman for the Missile Defense Agency. |
 | | The radar, which is scheduled to begin operations in 2005, is designed to track the trajectory of incoming long-range missiles. |
 | | A self-propelled, semi-submersible oil rig is being modified at shipyards in Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas, to carry the 50,000-ton radar, which is about 130 meters (390 feet) long and 83 meters (250 feet) high. |
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