51.   The Westinghouse millimetre-wave radar is designed to see ground and air targets in any weather, dayor night.

52.   There is no radar at the airstrip and mountains ring the area making it dangerous to attempt a landing without good visibility, they said.

53.   Unlike the surveillance radar, the targeting radar is located within the no-fly zone and is therefore vulnerable to U.S. attack.

54.   U.S. officials said the radar was not active but had been used in the past to coordinate Iraqi air defense targeting of U.S. and British aircraft in the area.

55.   Until last May, ground-based U.S. radar was able to keep tabs on drug flights out of the two Andean countries.

56.   Onboard computers and weapons systems were Israeli-built while the radar is a joint US-Israeli project.

57.   The air-defense radars had been bombed last week but were repaired in the meantime, he said.

58.   The approach radar was used by former East Germany and donated by the German defence ministry.

59.   The radar was bombed with precision guided weapons, the command said.