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[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

The THAAD deployment is extremely vulnerable to the drone attacks used by the resistance. It is hard to see this as anything other than bait, a dare, a threat to involve the US even more if the system is destroyed with bombs - which would also kill the people nearby.