DoD Deploys Missile Defense and Radar Systems Across Asia

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency had its third failed intercept test of a missile defense system in five years but it is not stopping the Pentagon from deploying missile defense and radar systems across Asia, according to a Defense News article.

Paul McLeary writes that there will be an estimated 8,000 ballistic missiles outside the control of the U.S., Russia and China by 2020 and the number currently stands at 6,300.

The Defense Department is battling this missile threat by recently deploying 100 U.S. soldiers to Guam to operate Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems and delivering a second AN/TPY-2 radar to Japan.

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