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THAAD Demolishes Separating Target Missile For 35 Successes In 43 Tries

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Friday, June 27th, 2008

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By Dave Ahearn The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system Wednesday scored another success when it killed a separating target missile, the Missile Defense Agency said. Separately, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] official said he expects a contract to be signed late this year or early in calendar 2009 for more THAAD interceptors, and added that the current production line easily can accommodate increased output, such as a doubling of the interceptors production rate. "We expect a contract…

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