The Pentagon has denied news reports that Canada has been invited to join its missile defense shield.
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Category: Air Defense
Fort Drum, former Griffiss Air Force Base and one site in Maine are potential East Coast BMD sites
Two sites in New York and one in Maine are potential locations for the East Coast missile defense base.
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Pentagon to allocate $400 million to Iron Dome over next two years
The United States plans to finance the Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system with $220 million in fiscal 2014 and $175.9 million in fiscal 2015.
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First element of THAAD unit arrived in Guam
The first elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system arrived on Guam over the weekend.
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Libya’s radar stations mostly back online, Air Force employing UAVs
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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