The Sea-Based X-band radar (SBX-1) is a floating, self-propelled, mobile active electronically scanned array early-warning radar station designed to operate in high winds and heavy seas. It was developed as part of the United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ballistic Missile Defense System.

The Sea-based, X-band Radar (SBX 1) transits the waters of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The SBX is a combination of the world's largest phased-array X-band radar carried aboard a...

The Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) is part of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) and is designed to detect and establish precise tracking information on ballistic missiles, discriminate missile warheads from decoys and debris, provide data for updating ground-based interceptors in flight, and assess the results of intercept attempts.

Apr 9, 2012 · The Sea-Based X-Band Radar-1 (SBX-1) provides advanced tracking capability to the Ballistic Missile Defense System of the US Missile Defence Agency. Image courtesy of Robert Stirrup, US Navy.

The Sea-based, X-band Radar (SBX 1) transits the waters of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The SBX is a combination of the world's largest phased-array X-band radar carried aboard a...

Sea-based X-Band Radar is an advanced X-band radar mounted on a mobile, ocean-going, semi-submersible platform that provides an advanced capability to the Ballistic Missile Defense System...

The Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) Radar acquires, tracks and discriminates the flight characteristics of ballistic missiles. The SBX provides an advanced capability to the Missile Defense System, increasing the Missile Defense Agency's ability to conduct operational and realistic testing of the missile defense system, while providing an operational ...

The Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) is a powerful discrimination radar that augments the BMDS missile tracking sensor architecture as protection against sophisticated ICBM threats in the Pacific against the homeland.

Aug 17, 2016 · Today’s Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) show’s the U.S. Navy’s Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) underway in the Pacific. Few are aware or familiar with this awesome ocean-going platform...

SBX, a key component of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, consists of an advanced radar system mounted on a sea-going platform. SBX is capable to track, discriminate and assess long-range ballistic missile threats.