Roi-Namur
Sign in to saveRoi-Namur ( ) is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Today, the island is a major part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, hosting several radar systems used for tracking and characterizing missile reentry vehicles (RV) and their penetration aids (penaids).
Key facts
- NRHP.name
- Roi–Namur Battlefield
- NRHP.image
- Dyess Army Airfield.png
- NRHP.nrhp_type
- nhld
- NRHP.nocat
- yes
- NRHP.caption
- Roi-Namur
- NRHP.location
- Kwajalein Missile Range, Kwajalein Atoll
- NRHP.locmapin
- Marshall Islands
- NRHP.built
- 1944
- NRHP.designated_nrhp_type
- February 4, 1985
- NRHP.added
- February 4, 1985
- NRHP.refnum
- 85001758
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Roi-Namur ( ) is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Today, the island is a major part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, hosting several radar systems used for tracking and characterizing missile reentry vehicles (RV) and their penetration aids (penaids).
Roi-Namur is a military base of the United States, leased from the Republic of the Marshall Islands; however, defense of the Marshall Islands is the responsibility of the United States through the Compact of Free Association.
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