Israel Matzav: X-band radar not all it's cracked up to be

X-band radar not all it's cracked up to be

Remember the x-band radar President Bush gave us as a parting gift in 2008? We got the land-borne version, so this may or may not apply to us, but the sea-borne version(pictured) may not be all it was cracked up to be.

A target missile was successfully launched at approximately 3:40 p.m. PST from the U.S. Army’s Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Approximately six minutes later, a Ground-Based Interceptor was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Both the target missile and Ground-Based Interceptor performed nominally after launch. However, the Sea-Based X-band radar did not perform as expected.

Program officials will conduct an extensive investigation to determine the cause of the failure to intercept.

Hmmm.

Israel Matzav: X-band radar not all it's cracked up to be