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| US military testing Iron Dome in Guam – report |
| 2021-11-10 |
| [IsraelTimes] The US military is testing Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system on the Pacific island of Guam amid concerns over potential Chinese attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports. The report notes tests that the US Army held in New Mexico this August and says that while the Iron Dome is less effective against cruise missiles than the projectiles launched by Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... -based Paleostinian terror groups, it is able to intercept some cruise missiles traveling below the speed of sound. The newspaper also cites analysts questioning whether Guam was the best place to deploy the Iron Dome, suggesting it would be better suited for South Korea, near the border with North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... . |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 I can see Iron Dome coming in handy during the opening missile barrages in the upcoming Battle of the South China Sea. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-11-10 12:26 |
| #4 May help keep the drone swarms away. It's that season there. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-11-10 11:02 |
| #3 #2: the additional weight may capsize the island. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-11-10 10:14 |
| #2 So they be like puttin' an Iron Dome on Guam? Ain't gonna help Guam stay afloat. Right, Congressman? |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-11-10 09:51 |
| #1 ...We already have two ballistic missile defense systems in the ROK, as well as PATRIOT, which has an impressive ABM capability. Guam, IIRC, doesn't have anything yet - IRON DOME is a good fit. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-11-10 05:05 |