Iron Dome 'not the answer' to Guam's air- and missile-defense requirement

By Jason Sherman / December 5, 2021 at 5:02 PM
SIMI VALLEY, CO -- The Army's maiden deployment of its Israeli-built Iron Dome air and missile defense system is wrapping up, capping a deployment to Guam -- billed as an experiment -- that began in early October to exercise transporting the system and setting up for operation but not conducting any live firings. Adm. John Aquilino, head of U.S. Pacific Command, provided an update on deployment of the Iron Dome battery by the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command,...

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