U.S. Department of Defense “Yesterday, October 14, an advance team of U.S. military personnel and initial components necessary to operate the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery arrived in Israel. Click Here To Read More
South Korea Tests Taurus Long-Range Missile
The Defense Post South Korea has tested its Taurus missile for the first time in seven years. The Taurus missiles were fired from F-15K fighter jets and traveled over 400 kilometers (249 miles) before hitting their target in the Yellow Sea. Click Here To Read More
US deploys Thaad anti-missile system to Israel after Iranian attack
BBC News The US says it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and a military crew to Israel to help bolster that country’s air defences after a missile attack from Iran earlier this month. A Pentagon statement said President Joe Biden had ordered the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) battery and its crew be sent …
Sending a THAAD air defense system to Israel adds to strain on US Army forces
ABC News WASHINGTON — The deployment of a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it will add to already difficult strains on the Army’s air defense forces and potential delays in modernizing its missile defense systems, Army leaders said Monday. Click Here To Read More
The US Navy is burning through missiles in the Middle East that it would need in a war with China
Business Insider US Navy warships have twice been called upon to defend Israel from massive Iranian ballistic missile attacks and have used SM-3 interceptors to defeat the incoming threats. The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) — an air-defense interceptor made by RTX and, for a newer variant, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries — was first used in combat in …