The US does not plan to deploy the THAAD medium-range missile defense system on NATO allies’ territory in Europe, as the wars in Israel and Ukraine are fundamentally different in nature, according to Sabrina Singh, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary. She noted that the US Department of Defense and the government continue to support Israel and Ukraine in meeting their various defense needs. When asked why the US is deploying the THAAD system in Israel to counter ballistic missile attacks from Iran but not doing so on NATO allies’ territory in Europe to protect western Ukraine from Russian missile …