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.
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.