Deliveries of THAAD interceptors halted after chip failed acceptance tests

Lockheed Martin was force to halt production of THAAD missile interceptors for seven months after a component inside the weapon failed acceptance tests.

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The part was revealed to be the Static Random Access Memory, according to a report released by the THAAD program manager last week.

So far, Lockheed Martin has only managed to delivered 3 out of 44 interceptors on contract.

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