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U.S. To Deploy THAAD Unit To Guam As A Precaution

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

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In the next few weeks the Defense Department will deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system to Guam as a “precautionary move to strengthen our regional defense posture against the North Korean regional ballistic missile threat," the Pentagon said yesterday. Courtesy of Lockheed Martin The Army’s Alpha Battery, Fourth Air Defense Artillery (A-4 ADA) Regiment, based at Fort Bliss, Texas, is one of two THAAD units. The A-4 ADA Battery was activated at Ft.…

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