Does this thing really float?

Not only does it float, it sails. And in recent years, like the humpback whales, it navigates annually between Hawaii and Alaska.
The SBX Radar, shown above, was back in Pearl Harbor for a few weeks earlier this month. I stumbled upon this photo op while on Ford Island one weekend. I also spotted it way out on the horizon last Friday while driving toward town as it was heading back out to see. It’s quite a site. It literally looks like a giant ping pong ball floating around. They say it can track a softball-sized object over New York state from here and that it was instrumental in shooting down the wayward satellite that was hurtling toward earth a few months ago. What I don’t doubt for a moment – its $900 million dollar price tag!