{"id":16242,"date":"2019-03-05T03:05:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T03:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=16242"},"modified":"2019-03-05T03:05:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T03:05:13","slug":"committed-to-tel-aviv-regime-us-deploys-thaad-to-israel-for-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/committed-to-tel-aviv-regime-us-deploys-thaad-to-israel-for-1st-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Committed to Tel Aviv regime, US deploys THAAD to Israel for 1st time"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful test in an unknown location in this undated handout provided by the US Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. (Photo via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Pentagon has for the first time deployed its most advanced missile system in Israel, hailing the move as Washington\u2019s \u201ccontinued commitment\u201d to the security of the regime in Tel Aviv.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US European Command (EUCOM) said in a statement on Monday that the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system was ordered by acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in March last year and was intended \u201cas a demonstration of the United States\u2019 continued commitment to Israel\u2019s regional security.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement added that US military forces would be stationed in a number of locations during THAAD\u2019s deployment to \u201cpractice operational procedures for augmenting Israel\u2019s existing\u201d systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cTHAAD is the most advanced integrated air and missile defense system in the world, and this deployment readiness exercise demonstrates that US forces are agile, and can respond quickly and unpredictably to any threat, anywhere, at any time,\u201d EUCOM said.<\/p>\n

THAAD is a ground-based missile defense system designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the arrival of THAAD and said the deployment was \u201cfurther evidence\u201d of the United States’ commitment to Tel Aviv. \u201cThe American THAAD system is considered among the most advanced systems in the world, and together with our defense systems, we are stronger in dealing with threats, close or distant, emanating from all areas of the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deployment comes a week after Israeli and US militaries wrapped up a week-long drill in Israel, simulating the deployment of American troops to aid in missile defense operations.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Saudi Arabia to get US-made THAAD missile system<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Saudi Arabia has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the United States for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system.<\/a><\/div>\n

The US has already supplied the advanced missile system to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

In November, Saudi Arabia agreed to buy 44 THAAD launchers, missiles and related equipment from the United States in a deal valued at $15 billion.<\/p>\n

The administration of US President Donald Trump has been seeking to loosen restrictions on American arms sales to boost the country’s weapons industry.<\/p>\n

Washington, in the meantime, is under pressure to suspend its arms sales to Riyadh, which has been leading a deadly campaign against Yemen since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful test in an unknown location in this undated handout provided by the US Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. (Photo via Reuters) The Pentagon has for the first time deployed its most advanced missile system in Israel, hailing the move as Washington\u2019s …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":16243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16244,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16242\/revisions\/16244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}