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2016-11-03 China-Japan-Koreas

US reportedly deployed Sea-based X-band Radar off North Korea

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Posted by Steve White 2016-11-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 It may or may not have succeeded at collecting data, but at least it was able to "sail home" which is better than some.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-11-03 05:41|| 2016-11-03 05:41|| Front Page Top

#2 The US Sea-Based X-band Radar (SBX), one of the world's largest and most sophisticated phased-array X-band radar units, was deployed to the waters off North Korea in late September

Didn't the Pueblo also have a similar mission?

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-11-03 08:06|| 2016-11-03 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't the Pueblo also have a similar mission?

Um, no. The Pueblo was an intel unit (signals-interception and translation.) A bastard child of the DoD and IC, un-beloved by the Navy and (like the Liberty) considered expendable by LBJ.

Posted by Pappy 2016-11-03 08:39|| 2016-11-03 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 That is loitering off the Nork coast line doing electro-magnetic gathering of some sort with little or no self defense.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-11-03 09:00|| 2016-11-03 09:00|| Front Page Top

I wonder what is protecting it. It would be funny if the Norks went to seize it and found some SEALs waiting to welcome them.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-11-03 09:53|| 2016-11-03 09:53|| Front Page Top

#6 That is loitering off the Nork coast line doing electro-magnetic gathering of some sort with little or no self defense.

You left out the mission, the conditions of deployment and the political support (translation: significant US and Japanese defense assets nearby/standby.) Other than that, you're right.

Posted by Pappy 2016-11-03 13:10|| 2016-11-03 13:10|| Front Page Top

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