The formal boundaries for the City of Gulfport (see map below) encompass a land area of 2.76 sq. miles and a water area of 1.13 sq. miles. Pinellas County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5).
THAAD: In flight. (click to view full). The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is a long-range, land-based theater defense weapon that acts as the upper tier of a basic 2-tiered defense against ballistic missiles.
A THAAD battery consists of about nine launch trucks with ten missiles each, two mobile tactical operations centers, and the Ground-Based Radar (GBR).The GBR is employed for surveillance at ranges of up to 1000 km (600 miles), target identification and target tracking. THAAD battery consists of about nine launch trucks with ten missiles each, two mobile tactical operations centers, and the Ground-Based Radar (GBR).