Lockheed Martin's THAAD Weapon System Successfully Intercepts Live Target
A successful test for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Element was conducted Jul. 12 at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
This was a fully-integrated flight test of all THAAD Components, including the Launcher, Radar, Fire Control and Communications, and Interceptor. The primary objective was to demonstrate interceptor seeker characterization of a ballistic missile target in the high-endoatmosphere (just inside the earth’s atmosphere).
This is the third successful THAAD developmental flight test conducted since flight testing resumed for the program in November 2005.
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