Two sites in New York and one in Maine are potential locations for the East Coast missile defense base.
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Category: Air Defense
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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Kerry: U.S. would reduce missile defenses in Asia if North Korea abandoned nuclear program
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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