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The strikes Yemen carried out in Tel Aviv last Thursday and Friday were fairly notable for how easily these missiles seemed to streak right passed Iron Dome and the new US THAAD system.
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The #US is not deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (#THAAD) missile battery to protect #Ukraine, as it will do in #Israel, given the different defense capabilities of the two nations, #Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina #Singh said at a briefing on Oct. 15.
"Different capabilities, different wars, different regions. The commitments also to Israel and Ukraine are different," she said, adding that "it is a little bit of apples and oranges here."
The Kyiv Independent · US doesn't defend Ukraine with THAAD system like Israel due to 'different capabilities,' Pentagon says"Different capabilities, different wars, different regions. The commitments also to Israel and Ukraine are different," Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said.
US deploying #THAAD missile defence system, troops to Israel | #Israel attacks #Lebanon News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/13/us-deploying-thaad-missile-defence-system-troops-to-israel
Al Jazeera · US deploying THAAD missile defence system, troops to Israel
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The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or #THAAD, is a critical part of the #US military's layered air defense systems & adds to #Israel's anti-missile defenses.
A THAAD battery usually requires ~100 troops to operate. It counts 6 truck mounted launchers, w/8 interceptors on each launcher, & a powerful radar.
#Iran's FM Abbas Araqchi warned earlier on Sun that the #UnitedStates was putting the lives of its troops "at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel."
Biden administration is considering the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Israel.
Deployment of a THAAD to Israel would involve the deployment of US soldiers to operate the complex system.
The Army has seven THAAD batteries. Generally, each consists of six truck-mounted launchers, 48 interceptors, and radio and radar equipment. It requires 95 soldiers to operate.
![The THAAD is considered a complimentary system to the Patriot missile defence, but it can defend a wider area, hitting targets at ranges of 150 to 200km (93 to 124 miles).
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska, the US, in 2017 [File: US Missile Defense Agency/handout via Reuters]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/298/350/128/787/023/original/5eb936e4ec4f2271.webp "The THAAD is considered a complimentary system to the Patriot missile defence, but it can defend a wider area, hitting targets at ranges of 150 to 200km (93 to 124 miles).
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska, the US, in 2017 [File: US Missile Defense Agency/handout via Reuters]")