SBX Radar (Photo from Wikimedia)From The Danger Room:
NEWPORT, Rhode Island -- Yesterday, the Washington Times reported that Defense Secretary had nixed the use of one of the military's most advanced radar systems to monitor North Korea's recent missile launch - preventing "officials from collecting finely detailed launch data." Today, Robert Gates took issue with the report. "It really ticked me off," he told reporters at an informal gathering. The article implied that Gates kept the radar back, to keep from "provoking the North Korean." Gates responded that it was really just a matter of money.
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