The Army has a third Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, activated Oct. 24 in Ft. Bliss, Texas. The THAAD system, produced by Lockheed Martin [LMT], is the first weapon system with both endo- and exoatmospheric capability developed specifically to defend against ballistic missiles. The THAAD element provides upper-tier defense in the terminal phase segment of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The advent of the third battery continues the thickening of the BMDS.…
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