Author: Michael

Approximately 100 American troops will deploy to Israel along with a THAAD missile interceptor battery, the Pentagon announced on Sunday. 
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense or THAAD battery, designed to intercept ballistic missiles from the ground, has six launches, and can carry a complement of 48 munitions. The batteries are generally crewed by 95 people. The announcement marks the first deployment of American troops to Israel since the start of the war in Gaza last October. The decision comes in the wake of the Oct.

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The USA has begun to ship THAAD batteries to Israel. They are among the most advanced air defense systems in the world and can intercept a ballistic missile even outside the atmosphere.
American soldiers will reportedly be sent with a THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) air defense system to Israel in order to prepare for intercepting ballistic missiles from Iran.

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Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, along with veterans and skilled civilian skydivers gave a dominant performance this past week at the World Skydiving Championships. Teams representing the United States won seven gold medals across multiple events, including a dominant win in the 8-Way Formation Skydiving contest by members of the U.S. Army. 
The competition, held every two years and organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, saw teams from around the world compete in several different challenges in the air over Beaufort, North Carolina from Oct. 5-11.

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American forces hit multiple ISIS camps across Syria on Oct. 11, in one of the larger military operations against the group in recent months, U.S. Central Command announced today.
The operation took place on the morning of Friday. CENTCOM was very sparse on details regarding the airstrikes, only saying that it targeted “multiple known ISIS camps in Syria.” The military did not elaborate on how many camps were targeted overall, where in Syria they were, or how many militants were killed.

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