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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

THAAD Missile Defense Battery Now on Guam at Andersen AFB


The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system known as THAAD arrived on Guam over the weekend.

Monday afternoon, Governor Eddie Calvo was told the first elements of the system had arrived by Brigadier General Daniel L. Karbler who is the Commanding General of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense command at Fort Shafter in Hawaii.

The THAAD battery was flown in from Ft. Bliss Texas. Retired Army Sgt. Major John Blas, who served for a time at Ft. Bliss, says he saw the truck mounted THAAD missile system roll by him in a convoy on Andersen AFB Sunday.

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