The United States returns to operation a floating radar complex - a sea-based X-band radar SBX-1 (Sea-Based X-band radar), completed maintenance in Hawaii. As reported by Navy Recognition, in the near future the complex will return to fulfilling the tasks for its intended purpose.
The Americans completed technical work on the SBX-1 radar of the missile launch early warning system. It is designed to detect the launch of ICBMs and accurately calculate the trajectory. Recently, the SBX-1 Americans have used, basically, to monitor North Korean missile launches.
The basis of the SBX-1 radar complex is a radar with AFAR weighing 1 820 t, operating in the frequency range of 8-12 GHz and covered with a radio-transparent dome with a diameter 31 m. The platform also has several small domes with communication antennas and auxiliary radars.. Target detection range with EPR 1 m² - up to 4 900 km. The radar was developed by the US Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency and is part of the American missile defense system..
Notably, that the basis for the radar is built in 2002 semi-submersible oil platform in Vyborg. It was originally built for a Norwegian company, but was subsequently bought by the Americans to build a radar. The radar platform can be quickly relocated to any part of the World Ocean. This is a significant advantage of a mobile radar over fixed stations., the range of which is limited by the curvature of the earth's surface.
Platform assigned to port Adak (Alaska, USA), but never deployed there, mostly located in the waters of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii, being moored to a pier at the northern end of Ford Island.
