Thaad Conducts Its Lowest-Altitude Intercept

By Amy Butler

The Lockheed Martin Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system successfully intercepted and destroyed a short-range ballistic missile during a flight test in Hawaii on the evening of June 28.

The target, described by Lockheed Martin Thaad Vice President Tom McGrath as a foreign military asset, was launched at 9:32 p.m. local time; the interceptor was ...

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