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WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has successfully tested a long-range radar successful Alaska that tin observe rocket threats from Russia oregon China, and could someday service arsenic a sensor successful the Golden Dome rocket defence shield.
The Long Range Discrimination Radar successfully acquired, tracked, and reported rocket people data, the Pentagon said connected Tuesday. These are cardinal tasks for Golden Dome, a $175 cardinal programme aimed astatine protecting the U.S. and perchance allies from ballistic missiles.
The U.S. Defense Department's long-range radar successful Central Alaska was built by Lockheed Martin as portion of the existing Ground-Based Midcourse Defense rocket defence system. The strategy is designed to summation the effectiveness of interceptors based successful Alaska and California that are presently connected standby to sound down incoming missiles launched by Iran oregon North Korea.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, alongside the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Northern Command, conducted the formation trial astatine Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, connected Monday.
During this test, a people developed by MDA was air-launched implicit the Northern Pacific Ocean and flew implicit 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) disconnected the confederate seashore of Alaska wherever it was tracked by LRDR.
The Golden Dome rocket defence shield aims to make a web of satellites to detect, way and intercept incoming missiles.
Inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, the Golden Dome programme faces governmental scrutiny and backing uncertainty owed to its projected cost. The shield is expected to beryllium operational by January 2029, though experts question the timeline and fund feasibility.
(Reporting by Mike Stone successful Washington; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
