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    IRGC threatens Israel, says it doesn’t trust US THAAD defense system – Israel News

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    IRGC chief Hossein Salami issued new threats to Israel on Thursday and warned the country not to rely on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system for protection, Saudi media site Al-Hadath reported.

    The comment came as Iran awaited Israeli retaliation for its airstrike earlier this month.

    The US military has rushed the advanced anti-missile system THAAD to Israel, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin describing it on Monday as “in place”.

    “Don’t count on THAAD. Every time you fire a projectile, we will fire more than you,” Salami reportedly said.

    Austin declined to say whether the THAAD system was operational. However, he added, “We have the ability to deploy it very quickly, and we are on track with our expectations.”

    The first of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors is launched during a successful interception test (credit: Wikimedia Commons)

    True promise

    Salami stated that Iran’s missile attack on Israel on October 1 was proof that the THAAD system was unable to protect Israel.

    This was said despite the fact that the system was not in use in Israel at the time of the October attack.

    “The Zionist entity is wrong, and the ‘True Promise 2’ operation proved the failure of its defense systems. The THAAD system will fail to protect her,” he said.

    Reuters contributed to this report.



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