ROUND OF REPAIRS: Reporters were allowed aboard the Sea-Based X-Band Radar yesterday while the craft is docked at Pearl Harbor for upgrades. The giant radome houses the craft's massive radar and is the largest air-inflated dome in the world. The smaller radomes are for communications.
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