The Hardest Thing About Missile Defense in Guam? Finding the Right Site
There are candidate locations, but nothing is final, said Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill.
LAUREN C. WILLIAMS | AUGUST 13, 2022
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The Missile Defense Agency is taking first steps for a facility—which will include a command and control center—in Guam as part of a long-term missile defense plan in the Indo-Pacific region. But choosing the right site has been one of the nascent program’s biggest challenges.
“So we learned a lot from Hawaii, that that radar was designed to really protect the islands from the rogue threat, which we know will continue to evolve and become more complex over time. Our issue became siting, and siting is tough,” particularly for long-range discrimination radar, Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the agency’s director, said during a Defense News webcast Aug. 12.
“That's a very constrained space. So we know that to be a fact. We know the sizing and the requirements on the sensors that we will need, we know where you can and cannot put live ordnance...that's always a constraining factor.”
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