Pentagon Releases Candidates for 3rd Missile Defense Site

In 2012, Congress demanded the Pentagon come up with recommendations for the location of a third site to base interceptors for the U.S. Ground Based Midcourse (GMD) missile defense system. 

Friday 13th September, the Pentagon announced the locations of five candidate sites for a possible future deployment of additional GMD interceptors. They are:

• Fort Drum, NY
• Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Vermont
• Naval Air Station Portsmouth SERE Training Area, Maine
• Camp Ravenna Joint Training Center, Ohio
• Fort Custer Training Center, Michigan