The DR does not have the tri-dimensional radar system required for the monitoring of illegal activities or unauthorized incursions into Dominican air space, and this facilitates illegal air operations such as the plane that landed on the road near La Romana last 18 August (see DR1 Daily News 19 August 2005), according to Diario Libre. “Once we had tri-dimensional radars, such as the ones in Cabo Rojo, in the Las Calderas base, and one in Puerto Plata. These radars can detect an object in the vertical and horizontal planes”, explained Santiago Rosa, Technical Assistant Director of the Civil Aviation Department. He stated that the radar system in the DR is for the surveillance and protection of commercial operation of civil aviation, not for military use.