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The first elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system arrived on Guam over the weekend.
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Most of Libya’s radar stations are back working after the air defense system was destroyed by NATO during the revolution.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told China’s top leaders that Washington would reduce its missile defenses in Asia if North Korea abandoned its nuclear weapons program.
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Taiwan’s Defense Minister assured the public that the island has the capability to intercept any missile fired by North Korea.
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Together with Kongsberg Defence Systems and Thales Nederland, Raytheon Missile Systems is proposing a network of re-locatable afloat air defense missiles batteries armed with RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) and the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile.
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