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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Report: Ship's missile defense technology damaged

USS Port RoyalThe USS Port Royal's ballistic missile defense capabilities were damaged when the $1 billion cruiser ran aground off Hawaii last month, a report in the Navy Times said.

The report, citing a preliminary damage assessment by the Navy, said the shock of rolling on the reef for three days damaged the vessel's antennae and knocked the ship's Aegis radar arrays out of alignment.

The Navy won't release damage details, or estimate for how much repairs will cost, until it has completed a final damage assessment, said U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Jon Yoshishige. He didn't know when that would be.

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