31.   Disabling Serb radar is likely to be a key part of any stronger NATO response to the Serbs.

32.   Fergus said the damaged radar was not critical to airport operations in normal conditions.

33.   He did not say if his radar was on at the time of the collision.

34.   He said radars are difficult targets because they do not have as much structural mass as, for example, a building or bunker.

35.   He said the radar was located a sufficient distance from civilian airport facilities to ensure that civilians were not hit.

36.   However, officials in Milan said Tuesday the ground radar would be operational by the end of the year, according to Italian news reports.

37.   Iraq is said to be reluctant to turn on air defense radars to provide better guidance because once they are active, the radars are vulnerable to U.S. attack.

38.   Kadish said he visited Shemya Island in the Aleutians, where the X-band radar is to be built, last week.

39.   On Thursday, the U.S. Defense Department in Washington said the radar was located a sufficient distance from the airport to ensure that civilians were not hit.

40.   Ruttimann said although the radar would be manufactured primarily for the NGPVs, it might be exported if there were orders from foreign countries.