Aerial view of a radar installation at Clear Air Force Station in central Alaska.

Clear Air Force Station in central Alaska is the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s preferred site for a long-range discrimination radar (LRDR) that would identify threats from the Pacific region, the agency said in a May 22 press release.

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Mike Gruss is the chief content and strategy officer at SpaceNews. From 2013 to 2016 he was a senior reporter at SpaceNews covering military space. Previously, he was editor in chief of Sightline Media Group and worked as a reporter and columnist for...