The US has deployed a second Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to Israel, multiple Israeli and Arab media reports said over the weekend.
Israeli security sources also said that the US deployed two Patriot air defense batteries to Israel. US officials previously told The Wall Street Journal that the US was sending Patriot systems to “defend US air bases and nearby allies” as part of its military buildup in the Middle East that’s aimed at Iran.
The US has also sent a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East, deployed additional B-2 bombers to its base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, and sent other additional air assets to the region.
The Biden administration sent a THAAD system to Israel and about 100 troops to operate it in October 2024, ahead of an Israeli attack on Iran. The first Trump administration temporarily deployed a THAAD to Israel for military exercises in 2019.
The THAAD system the Biden administration deployed to Israel remains, meaning two out of the seven THAAD batteries the US operates are based in the country.
The deployment of the second THAAD system and two Patriot batteries to Israel suggests hundreds more US troops could be headed to the country as well. The deployment is a strong show of support for Israel amid its genocidal war in Gaza, ramped-up military operations in the West Bank, continued occupation of southern Lebanon, and invasion of southern Syria.
The deployment comes amid reports that the US and Israel are planning to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities even though US intelligence agencies recently reaffirmed that Tehran is not building a nuclear weapon.
APR 4, 2025 David’s Corridor: Israel's shadow project to redraw the Levant
Through ‘David's Corridor,’ Israel aims to forge a geopolitical artery stretching from occupied Golan to Iraqi Kurdistan, reshaping West Asia under the guise of fostering minority alliances and realizing biblical claims.
https://thecradle.co/articles/davids-corridor-israels-shadow-project-to-redraw-the-levant?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/1e5b0fb4-1165-11f0-b004-00163e02c055.jpeg
Alternatively the Vision could be a reprise of the "conquest of Joshua" from the Jordan R. to the Sea and the Sinai to the Litani R., as the Jewish Imperial Core. The conquered periphery of untermenschen serving as her labor, food and industry, and requiring only intermittent "mowing". This would allow her a secure paradise of Jewish billionaires off the US tit and buffered by a regional "sea" of poor powerless millions.
The UK and US created the Frankenstein Israel and before long the Frankenstein will attack its creators and they deserve every bit of it, giving this monster more and more weapons adn money.
Or, it could be pure bullshit, as it is dependent on a continuous accurate memory of what God promised thousands of years ago.
Yes, it was bullshit even then. They made up the divine order to justify their predations …same as today. Still, that’s not to say the nation didn’t believe it.
“oh holy mount Zion!”….. ……!…… …… …..
Oye vey!….
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/thaad.html
https://www.twz.com/land/u-s-armys-first-combat-use-of-thaad-missile-defense-system-just-occurred-in-israel
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/thaad-attitude-what-to-make-of-the-air-defense-systems-combat-deployment-to-israel/
https://www.theweek.in/news/defence/2024/10/13/explained-what-is-thaad-air-defence-system-that-israel-prefers-over-usa-patriot-to-challenge-iran-missiles.html
The simple way to beat any ABM system is to overwhelm it with targets.
A very cheap and effective use of inexpensive drones.
but I guess it provides a false sense of security.
Your narrative of a military practice shows gaps. Surely you know the ammunition for a shotgun, scatter gun. Please compare:
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/10/24/soldiers-in-army-basic-training-now-knocking-down-drones/
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/april/train-scale-defeat-drones-shotguns
https://www.wired.com/story/us-military-mystery-drones-response/ "The Pentagon has been working overtime to field fresh counter-drone capabilities to US forces deployed overseas in recent years, including traditional firearms outfitted with computerized optics and remotely operated vehicle-mounted heavy weapons turrets, laser-guided rocket and missile systems, AI-assisted kinetic interceptors, radio frequency- and Global Positioning System-jamming electronic warfare suites, and even exotic directed energy weapons like high-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves, among others."
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"But US military officials also indicated to reporters that the types of counter-drone capabilities the Pentagon may be able to bring to bear for domestic defense may be limited to non-kinetic “soft kill” means like RF and GPS signal jamming …"
Sure, why not? Send them all. We've got to protect the people who are most important to us even if it left us unprotected.
Do you think Russia or China will attack the U.S.?
https://www.newsweek.com/what-thaad-air-defense-system-us-deploys-israel-1968390 "The U.S. military has seven THAAD batteries, with an eighth expected to arrive in the hands of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in 2025." (Please scroll almost to the end of the article)
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/thaad-worldwide-us-army-respond "Where Has the U.S. Deployed THAAD Missile Systems Worldwide? Threat Responses From Hawaii to Israel"
How do we deal with people like Netanyahu and Trump, people who do believe in peace, but only for those who they consider peaceful? They don’t consider Muslims peaceful, which is why they don’t mind mass-killing them in order to “keep the peace.” Do Netanyahu and Trump have a deep-seeded prejudice towards Muslims because Islam is “adversarial” to their own religious ideology? Why isn’t there a common word for religious prejudice? It’s not racism we’re dealing with, it’s something way worse.
Thaads and Patriots are sign of the cotton dome and arrowheads Not Working well…?! Thaads cannot intercept hypersonic missiles…!
Iran tensions… the term suggests something that would not be there were Iran not there.
WE created the tensions. WE created the tensions in 1953 when we foisted a dictatorship onto the Iranian people to replace their elected government – for 28 years.
WE back Israel's mentally diseased clique of ruling idiots every time they seek to destroy the governments and murder the inhabitants of their neighbors in pursuit of stealing their land.
WE are the problem.
Impeachment time.