Iron Dome Not An Answer For Guam’s Defense, Official Says

Brian Everstine December 07, 2021

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, commander of the 36th Wing, meets with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade on Nov. 17. The soldiers are part of an experiment to set up the Iron Dome air defense system in Guam.
Credit: U.S. Air Force

SIMI VALLEY, California—U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s (INDOPACOM) top funding priority, missile defense for Guam, is likely to slip beyond the required original targeted fielded date of 2026, with the command waiting for the Pentagon’s 2023 budget to outline the way forward. INDOPACOM in 2020...

Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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