US Military To Install Radar In Pacific's Palau
Sumaira FH Published August 24, 2017 | 08:30 AM
The United States has announced plans to install radar systems in Palau, a move that will increase its monitoring ability in the western Pacific region recently rocked by threats from North Korea
KOROR, Palau, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Aug, 2017 ) : The United States has announced plans to install radar systems in Palau, a move that will increase its monitoring ability in the western Pacific region recently rocked by threats from North Korea.
In a joint statement, the US Defense Department and the Palau government said they were working to finalise the location of radar towers on the archipelago nation of 22,000 people. "The radar systems will provide Palau enhanced maritime law enforcement capability...
while also providing the US with greater air domain awareness for aviation safety and security," they said in the statement dated August 21. While Palau is an independent nation, it has no military and the US is responsible for its defence under an agreement with Washington.
Under the deal, the US military has access to the islands, although it currently has no troops stationed there. Palau is about 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) south-west of Guam, the US Pacific territory that Pyongyang threatened to fire missiles towards earlier this month, sparking rhetoric of "fire and fury" from President Donald Trump.
The statement said the US proposed the radar installation on July 18, before the recent crisis with North Korea erupted. "This project is essential to the well-being of the Republic of Palau's air and maritime domains, as well as to the ability of the United States to maintain its defence of the Republic of Palau," it said.
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