Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has explained her decision to withhold information about United States marines installing a radar system in Tobago, saying she believed it would have been unwise to reveal details about a sensitive national security operation.

She emphasised yesterday that the radar system is intended solely to monitor Trinidad and Tobago’s territory and “will not be used for any action on Venezuela”.

She also further defended her reasons for not disclosing information as she said the advantage had been lost because traffickers now knew about the radar equipment.