US moving radar platform to watch DPRK
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E-mail China.org.cn, April 2, 2013
A U.S. Defense Department official said Monday that the Navy is moving a?sea-based radar platform closer to the Korean Peninsula in order to monitor military moves of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), including possible new missile launches, CNN reported.
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The U.S. Navy is moving a sea-based radar platform, like the one seen in this 2006 file photo, closer to the North Korean coast in order to monitor that country's military moves, including possible new missile launches, a Defense Department official said Monday, April 1. [Photo: Agencies] |
The report said the Navy deployed an oil rig-like SBX-1 radar, and is the first of what may be other deployments.
It also came after the United States has conducted overflights of nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to the peninsula, and the deployment of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to South Korea.
