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Homeland Security

First THAAD Unit is Activated, Becomes An Army Battery

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Monday, June 2nd, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt and Dave Ahearn The first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) unit was activated, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. That Army unit is Alpha Battery, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command. Activation was marked in a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas. Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is the prime contractor for THAAD. Celebrating the activation, Riki Ellison, president of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, noted that…

Congress

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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