U.S. deploying THAAD to Guam

The U.S. Defense Department said in an e- mailed statement on Apr. 3 that a THAAD system will be deployed to Guam in coming weeks as a “precautionary move” against North Korea’s ballistic missile threat.

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SBX moving closer to North Korea

U.S. officials say the Sea-based X-band radar is being moved closer to North Korea. USS John S. McCain will be deployed in the Korean peninsular to provide BMD coverage as well.

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Iron Dome likely to leave the civilian population exposed

In an interview with Haaretz, Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg, head of Israel’s Home Front Command, said the civilian population is likely to be exposed to an incoming barrage of rockets during war as the Iron Dome batteries are deployed to protect key strategic and military sites.

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