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.
He spoke at a forum hosted by the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, in Seoul. The THAAD system is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles as far away as about 160 miles, and at altitudes up to 90 miles. Scaparrotti's remarks came a week after reports that the U.S. was piling pressure on South Korea's government to accept a role in the U.S-led missile defense network in the region.