Breaking Defense:

Soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington will receive both of the US Army’s Iron Dome batteries, but the service hasn’t decided whether to actually deploy the system, a spokesperson said.

Following a Congressional mandate, the service purchased both Rafael-made batteries as an “interim” cruise missile defense capability and last year set out to decide which military installations should receive them. The verdict is in: Both will head to JBLM, a spokesperson for the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Missiles and Space wrote in a Jan. 8 email to Breaking Defense.

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