US new radar

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The United States has offered a new radar unit to control unauthorized flights in and around the Dominican Republic. The new equipment, a model TPS-78, is worth US$5 million and is currently on display at the San Isidro Airbase in Santo Domingo. The radar has a range of 240 knots and can cover the whole country. According to a sergeant from US Army Southern Command, Jose Juan Sanchez, the radar can monitor activity at altitude of 90,000 feet and it can detect anything that flies over Dominican territory. The equipment is designed to assist in the fight against drug smuggling and the illegal movement of immigrants to Puerto Rico. According to the technicians, the unit requires an electricity supply from an external source, like a portable generator. During a press conference yesterday, Air Force Public Relations Officer General Ricardo Cabral Vittini and Colonel Karin Hernandez, a technician at Air Command Operations, showed off the equipment, which they said was being offered for sale to the Dominican Republic. According to Hernandez, the modern radar needs much less maintenance than current equipment of the same type.

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