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Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/7/army-deploying-iron-dome-missile-defense-guam/
U.S. Army Deploys Israeli Iron Dome Missile Defense to Guam to Counter Chinese Threats
(Washington Times) Bill Gertz - The Army is moving one of its U.S.-Israeli-developed Iron Dome missile defense systems to the western Pacific island of Guam to counter threats from Chinese missiles. The fiscal 2019 Defense Authorization Act required the deployment of Iron Dome to an operational U.S. military region no later than the end of 2021, the Army said. Israel has 10 Iron Dome batteries, which were heavily tested in May after rapid-fire rocket attacks were carried out by Hamas from Gaza. The Iron Dome successfully intercepted the vast majority of rockets launched in salvos against Israel.