The parts of the SBX-1 are as impressive as they look: nearly 28 stories tall it sits on two pontoons each the size of a Trident submarine and can chug along at 12 miles an hour on the open sea.

The SBX-1 radar is just one of many eyes, or sensors within the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Enemy warheads are designed to throw off tracking systems, but the SBX works against it.

Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) an oil-derrick sized phased array radar was deployed off the Korean peninsula for about a month, according to a report in the South Korean newswire Yonhap. “ ...

The SBX-1 ballistic missile detection radar, designed for worldwide sea-going mobile use, is the most powerful sea-going radar in the world. Photo courtesy of the Military Sealift Command/U.S Navy.

The Togo-flagged offshore support vessel Hercules is to support refuelling and resupply of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) for US Pacific Command, under a minimum 12-month contract modification ...

The Sea-based X-band radar (SBX-1) is now receiving repairs and capability upgrades at its unofficial operating hub at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.

Inside the white dome is the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Sea Based X-Band Radar ― SBX-1 for short. The MDA says it’s the world’s largest, most powerful mobile radar of its kind.