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Second Battery of Lockheed Martin’s THAAD Weapon System Activated

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Monday, October 26th, 2009

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The Army and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) activated the second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Battery recently in a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas. The A-2 Battery consists of approximately 100 Soldiers in the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command. Lockheed Martin [LMT] is the prime contractor and systems integrator for the THAAD Weapon System. The activation signifies the continued integration of THAAD into the U.S. Army's Air and Missile…

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