"The U.S. military has declared operational a high-tech new radar ship. Howard O. Lorenzen, named for a pioneering spy satellite inventor, is better known by her interchangeable code names "Cobra Judy Replacement" and "Cobra King."
Officially a "missile range instrumentation ship," in fact Cobra Judy Replacement, a.k.a. Cobra King, is a combination spy vessel, test asset and diplomatic tool—and a key part of a high-tech military team that, just six years ago, proved it could destroy a satellite in orbit with a ship-launched missile.
Just don't ever expect the Pentagon to publicly state that.
CJR/CK was supposed to enter service earlier, but the ship—not her radars—had mechanical problems that needed fixing. The Navy's quasi-military Sealift Command, previously in charge, is handing responsibility for the vessel to the Air Force…"
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