Missile Defense
Second THAAD Battery Activated
Fort Bliss TX (SPX) Oct 22, 2009
The U.S. Army has activated its second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas. THAAD is a defensive weapon system developed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, a joint service organization within the Department of Defense. The ceremony marked the activation of A Battery/2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd ... read more
Missile Defense
Poland welcomes new US missile plan
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 21, 2009
Poland is ready to join a new US anti-missile system replacing a plan fiercely opposed by Moscow, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden. "Poland feels this so-called SM-3 concept, a reconfigured anti-missile system, is very interesting, and needed," Tusk told reporters during a joint press conference with Biden. "We are prepared to ... more
Fort Bliss TX (SPX) Oct 22, 2009
The U.S. Army has activated its second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas. THAAD is a defensive weapon system developed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, a joint service organization within the Department of Defense. The ceremony marked the activation of A Battery/2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd ... read more
Missile Defense
Poland welcomes new US missile plan
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 21, 2009
Poland is ready to join a new US anti-missile system replacing a plan fiercely opposed by Moscow, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden. "Poland feels this so-called SM-3 concept, a reconfigured anti-missile system, is very interesting, and needed," Tusk told reporters during a joint press conference with Biden. "We are prepared to ... more
