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).
The Pentagon confirmed today that the US military will deploy a THAAD ballistic missile defence system to Guam. THAAD, which stands for Terminal High-Altitude Air Defence, is a system that shoots down short and medium range 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).