US to deploy new missiles to Guam

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update
Ground launched cruise missile test conducted.
https://twitter.com/jeffmartindc/status/1163486778659147778?s=21…

It looks like they just took a VLS canister and stuck it on a trailer.

[HurricaneDitka]

confirmation:

“The launcher used in Sunday’s test is a MK 41; however, the system tested is not the same as the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System currently operating in Romania and under construction in Poland," Lt. Col Robert Carver, a Pentagon spokesman, said.

ETA: More info on the MK 41 VLS, for those interested.

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Another update
A test of some sort of longer range Ballistic missile was conducted on Thursday.

Pentagon Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile...