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Troubles with Sea-Based X-Band Radar

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A L.A. Times report concluded that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) had failed to achieve its original goals.

US Navy 051114-D-0000X-001 The Sea Based X-Band Radar (SBX) is slowly loaded onto the heavy lift vessel MV Blue Marlin as the ship semi-submerges in the Gulf of Mexico
By U.S. Department of Defense photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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