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The article discusses plans by the U.S. to expand its missile-defense capabilities in Asia. Key to the effort will be a new early-warning radar to be located in Japan. U.S. allies in the region have expressed concerns about missiles in North Korea and China's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea.

The article reports on the statement of Admiral (Adm.) Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of American military forces in the Pacific region, on the relocation of warships with advanced radar and ballistic-missile defense systems to monitor a potential rocket launching by North Korea. Locklear says that the American military is watching for the expected North Korean operation. Locklear adds that the goal of moving the ships was to track and determine the location and type of a missile.

The article reports on the F-35 fighter jets that will be purchased by the U.S. for $3.8 billion. It states that Pentagon officials and Lockheed Martin have agreed over the pricing of the jets. It states that F-35 is the costliest weapons program and difficulties in creating its complex technologies have caused years of delays.

The article focuses on the resume of the sharing of radar intelligence between the U.S. and Honduras after a four-month suspension. According to American officials, the suspension which began after the Honduran Air Force shot down two suspected drug planes in violation of international law in August 2012 has ended on November 2012. It adds that the officials in Honduras have confirmed that they will not use American intelligence to damage, destroy, and disable civilian craft.

MOSCOW -- Russian officials said on Tuesday that they were investigating whether powerful American radar systems might have caused the failure of a $170 million scientific probe headed for a moon of Mars. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri O. Rogozin said that Russian investigators would run tests on a model satellite to determine whether the type and strength of radiation produced by the radar system could have interfered with the Phobos-Grunt probe as it orbited overhead. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Iran said Friday that it had formally complained to the United Nations Security Council about what it called the hostile and aggressive behavior of the United States in sending a sophisticated radar-evading spy drone over Iranian territory, one that Iran's military said it had intercepted and captured last weekend. The complaint, which appeared to have been made more for its propaganda value than for any Iranian hope of Security Council action, was announced a day after Iran showcased what it described as the captured drone on national television, as if it were a war trophy. Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps were shown displaying a bat-winged aircraft on a platform bedecked with anti-American slogans and a mock American flag with skulls instead of stars. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

One of the last remaining hurdles to a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod was cleared Monday when the Federal Aviation Administration said the farm's developer, Cape Wind, had agreed to fix the air traffic control radar system at nearby Otis Air Force Base. The agency had said earlier that the proposed 130 turbines, each rising 440 feet above the water in Nantucket Sound, could interfere with the radar. The agency said Monday that by requiring Cape Wind to modify the system or install a new one, at a cost of $15 million, there would be ''no hazard to air navigation.'' Cape Wind said it agreed. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the project last month, but opponents say they still intend to file lawsuits to stop it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON the afternoon of Nov. 7, 2006, pilots and airport employees at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago saw a disc-like object hovering over the tarmac for several minutes. Because nothing was tracked on radar, the Federal Aviation Administration did not investigate. Yet radar is not a reliable detector of all aircraft. Stealth planes are designed to be invisible to radar, and many radar systems filter out signals not matching the normal characteristics of aircraft. Did it really make sense to entirely ignore the observations of several witnesses? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Poland is balking at further negotiations with the United States over plans to deploy an antiballistic missile shield, prompting Washington to seek out Lithuania, formerly part of the Soviet Union, as a possible alternative location, officials said Wednesday. The American approach to Lithuania is likely to stir fresh tensions with Russia, which has already threatened to act if the United States deploys the shield's missile interceptors in Poland and its radar in the Czech Republic. Both are NATO countries that once belonged to the defunct Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the U.S. and the Czech Republic are proceeding towards signing accords on the deployment of the U.S. missile defense system in the Czech territory. The Czech government indicated on January 16, 2008 that three framework agreements would be inked within months. One of the agreements will be related to the deployment of radar installations.

The article discusses the views of Major General Patrick O'Reilly, deputy director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, about the Russian radar in Azerbaijan. After visiting the site, the officer said that it was twice as big as the U.S. radar and able to scan the skies over the Middle East. But the system was not good enough to meet the U.S. requirements, he said. He made the visit after Russia proposed the U.S. to use this radar instead of setting up a new missile defense system in Europe.

The article reports on a declaration made by senior U.S. military officers that the radars and interceptor rockets of a new American missile defense system can be turned on in order to respond to emergency crisis in Asia. According to military officer Victor E. Renuart, despite continuance of development on a series of radars and interceptor missiles, the antimissile system could be used to guard against the missile attack from North Korea.

The article reports that Czechs are divided over the proposed U.S. missile-defense radar system in Czechoslovakia. While politician Josef Rihak says that nothing will divide Czechs as much as the defense system proposal. His son, however, has opposite idea. He says that he loves Americans and wants their presence in his country.

Reports that a team of electrical engineers at the California Institute of Technology has shrunk the functions of a radar system into one tiny, intricately designed silicon chip and several minuscule antennas in Pasadena, California. Integration of the basic building blocks of the radar system on the chip, including power generation and signal processing; Phase shifters; Phased array antennas.

Focuses on the development of radarlike maintenance systems for aircrafts, automobiles and structures in the United States.

Reports on the effort of the New York City Department of Design and Construction to explore the use of ground-penetrating radar to map the tangle of underground utilities without digging them up first.

Reports that a malfunction occurred after a missile interception test on the X-band radar conducted by the United States Department of Defense on July 14, 2001.

Provides information on Israel's deal to sell an airborne radar system to China. Description of the equipment; Statement issued by Israeli Embassy spokesman Mark Regev; Installation of the radar system known as Phased-Array L-Band Conformal radar; Increase in the direct national security threat to the United States (US) forces operating in the region.

Reports on the agreement of the United States (US) to sell a long-range radar to Taiwan that can detect missile launches from within China. Integration of the radar into Taiwan's air-defense system; Implications of the sale on US-China trade relations; Views of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott on Taiwan's request to purchase defensive weapons from the US.

Reports on the dispute between Russia and the United States (US) over a US-made radar in Norway. Capacity and purpose of the radar; Objection of Russians to the radar; Prohibition of the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty.

Reports that the administration of United States (US) President Bill Clinton has decided to provide Taiwan with a long-range early-warning radar system. Pending agreement between the US and China; Implication of the administration's decision; Options being considered by the administration.

Focuses on the plan of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to erect a radar tower at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, New York. Reaction of the residents on the proposed project; Why the Interior Department opposed the radar tower.

Contends that the United States' government has decided not to force Mexico to comply with a commitment to construct a radar network which would assist in tracing drug traffickers. Why the U.S. discontinued with plan; When decision was made; Significance of the decision; Comments from U.S. and Mexican officials.