00:05The U.S. military aircraft arrived at the A&R Robinson International Airport shortly before
00:11noon on Tuesday. Following the arrival of the aircraft, U.S. personnel disembarked and the
00:18U.S. military radar, which had been dismantled, was later placed in the aircraft. The aircraft
00:25later left Tobago. The military radar was installed at the A&R Robinson International Airport last year
00:32to boost this country's fight against narco-traffickers, according to the Prime Minister
00:38Kamala Pissar-Bissessa. And Chief Secretary Farley Augustine told TV6 News on Monday
00:44the deployment of the equipment was a temporary measure and the office of the Chief Secretary
00:49was informed beforehand that it was being taken away. Mr. Augustine said Trinidad and Tobago must
00:57now invest in its own national security infrastructure. On the ground today, there were mixed views on the
01:05removal of the military radar. I don't think it's a good thing. I think it's a plus and it's a
01:10very
01:11safe thing for this island, Tobago. Because if any trouble should take us,
01:18does America have to come to save us here? I feel it's a plus thing for Tobago, because
01:24Trinidad and Tobago, because it's a tourist island, because on the boat there's things,
01:30jogs and all kinds of things. It's a very good thing they do to bring it to see, picking up
01:35things, passing through the waters from Trinidad and Tobago.
01:38Tell us, how do you feel the radar is now dismantled?
01:42Well, it didn't really bother me. It was disturbing really hearing people speaking that this thing,
01:47putting down there, nobody knows nothing and without, no discussion with nobody. And everybody felt funny,
01:55not only me. So I was kind of worried about what was the purpose of it.
02:00Well, as we have seen, there's no more radar in Tobago. And we as the business community,
02:08we realized, I know it's national security, but the fears that most of the residents and other people had,
02:14the fears are over, the radar gone. We now can't settle down and concentrate on doing business in Tobago,
02:22because the fear of that radar is all gone.
02:24Well, according to the information, I heard that the radar is a security purpose why they put it there.
02:33So if they remove it and the security benefit the nation, why remove it? I don't know why they remove
02:42it.
02:42U.S. troops are to leave Tobago in the coming days. TV6 News was informed that a farewell event took
02:49place
02:50at the Grafton Beach Resort, where they are staying. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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