Key Points and Summary on THAAD - The U.S. military's THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and Patriot systems are often confused, but they serve distinct, complementary roles in missile ...

Air defense power stems from a system's ability to find and take out a threat, putting mission effectiveness above ...

Unusually, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile does not have an explosive warhead. Instead, it takes down incoming projectiles by colliding directly with them. The Terminal High ...

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.06 billion modification to a previously awarded contract for the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors. Under the ...

During the Cold War, two physicists became public "opponents" of the Pentagon's antiballistic missile systems. But they kept ...

A hypersonic missile target is fired during a March test of the Sea Based Terminal system. Credit: U.S. Missile Defense Agency HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has certified the ...