1.   Dale Hutchinson, Unisys vice president for weather systems, said the radar also has a singular strategy for detecting microbursts.

2.   Engineers noted that prelaunch tests of the system revealed the radar had to be cycled on and off a couple of times before it functioned correctly.

3.   In March, when Clinton was flying to Connecticut, the same radar had a similar malfunction.

4.   In the U.S. view the radar could have had an impact on a military balance between China and Taiwan.

5.   The Doppler weather radar has had a big relief from the previous heavy work loads of convective weather.

6.   U.S. officials said last week the radar has to be located in Puerto Rico.