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Missile Defense

THAAD Intercepts First IRBM Target In Test

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

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THAAD Intercepts First IRBM Target In Test

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery fires an interceptor missile. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The Defense Department conducted the first successful intercept by the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) target, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said Tuesday.The test, called Flight Test THAAD (FTT)-18, began when an Air Force C-17 air launched a ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii. A THAAD system located at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska (PSCA) in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked, and intercepted the target, MDA said.The…

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