US Military Deploys Iron Dome to Guam
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The island of Guam is a strategic location for US forces: 6000 soldiers - and now, an Iron Dome - are deployed in two air and naval bases.
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The island of Guam is a strategic location for the US forces in the western pacific.
The US military announced the deployment of the Iron Dome air defense system to the island of Guam, in the western Pacific Ocean.
According to a statement by the Air Defense Command, the US Air Force will deploy the Iron Dome to its base on the island of Guam as part of an experiment in order to test its capabilities.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii – The 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command is overseeing the temporary, experimental deployment of one of the Army’s Iron Dome Defense Systems to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. pic.twitter.com/DZEuGv7YyU
— 94thAAMDC (@94thArmyAMDC) October 7, 2021
Guam
The island of Guam is a strategic location for the US forces in the western pacific. The forces are in two air and naval bases on the island. In total, there are about 6000 soldiers, long-range heavy bombers, fighters, and submarines, all of which regularly participate in military exercises on the Korean Peninsula and adjacent areas.
The Iron Dome
On September 23, the US House of Representatives voted by a majority in favor of legislation to provide one billion dollars to Israel to modernize the Iron Dome missile defense system.
Israeli media reported earlier that the US military decided not to purchase the Iron Dome system of Israeli missile defense to counter air threats.
The damaged US nuclear submarine arrived at Guam
An American nuclear-powered submarine that was damaged yesterday in a collision with an unidentified object in the South China Sea arrived Friday in Guam with 11 injured aboard, a US official said.
The US nuclear submarine collided Thursday with an unidentified underwater object while operating in Asia, leading to damages, said the US navy Thursday.
The USS Connecticut, a nuclear-powered submarine, "Struck an object while submerged on the afternoon of October 2, while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region," the Navy said in a statement.
The Navy reported that there were no life-threatening injuries, but the United States Naval Institute (USNI News) reported that the incident left 11 sailors moderately to minorly injured.
USNI News also reported that the submarine was operating in the South China Sea, a resource-rich sea that is a vital passage for maritime trade, for trillions of dollars pass through it on an annual basis. Beijing established military outposts on several islands in the region.
