02-13-2020, 03:35 AM
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/02/13...r-project/
The Pentagon is nixing its plan for a billion-dollar missile defense radar in Hawaii.
The announcement comes after critics vowed to block the project.
Opponents were worried the project would harm cultural and environmental sites.
The military had been studying three locations on Oahu's North Shore and one in West Kauai.
However, radar opponents threatened to block construction vehicles like they did with the Kahuku wind turbines, the Sherwood’s park project and the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Critics of the high powered ballistic missile radar are claiming victory.
“We are rising. Our voices are getting louder. Our people are getting smarter. We’re not dumb anymore. We know what’s going on," said Kauai resident Puanani Rogers.
The Missile Defense Agency did not explain why it’s pulling the project except that there were “issues related to siting.â€
We've been "protected" from a $1.9B project. Maybe if the "protectors" work hard enough, they can protect all the islands simply by making it too expensive for anyone to live here.
The Pentagon is nixing its plan for a billion-dollar missile defense radar in Hawaii.
The announcement comes after critics vowed to block the project.
Opponents were worried the project would harm cultural and environmental sites.
The military had been studying three locations on Oahu's North Shore and one in West Kauai.
However, radar opponents threatened to block construction vehicles like they did with the Kahuku wind turbines, the Sherwood’s park project and the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Critics of the high powered ballistic missile radar are claiming victory.
“We are rising. Our voices are getting louder. Our people are getting smarter. We’re not dumb anymore. We know what’s going on," said Kauai resident Puanani Rogers.
The Missile Defense Agency did not explain why it’s pulling the project except that there were “issues related to siting.â€
We've been "protected" from a $1.9B project. Maybe if the "protectors" work hard enough, they can protect all the islands simply by making it too expensive for anyone to live here.
