{"id":17373,"date":"2018-06-27T01:39:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T01:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/27\/us-military-aims-for-1-billion-missile-defense-radar-in-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:05:33","slug":"us-military-aims-for-1-billion-missile-defense-radar-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2018\/06\/27\/us-military-aims-for-1-billion-missile-defense-radar-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"US military aims for $1 billion missile defense radar in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HONOLULU \u2014 The U.S. military wants to install missile defense radar<\/a> in Hawaii to identify any ballistic missiles that are fired from North Korea<\/a> or elsewhere, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $1 billion system would spot warheads on missiles headed for Hawaii <\/a>and other U.S. states, and provide that information to ground-based interceptors in Alaska designed to shoot them down. It would be able to distinguish warheads from decoys that are designed to trick missile defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The radar would help give the Alaska missiles \u201cbetter eyes,\u201d said Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii and a supporter of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, lawmakers have appropriated $61 million for planning but not funds for construction. Schatz, who serves on the defense subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he doesn\u2019t have much doubt about the likelihood of follow-on funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The radar would be about 30 to 50 feet wide and 60 feet to 80 feet high, according to the Missile Defense Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n