THAAD is designed to intercept short-, medium ... miles both inside and outside the atmosphere and uses a "hit-to-kill" ...

The IRON DOME Act comes at a time when geopolitical tensions have escalated, particularly with the advancements in missile ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin a $2.8 billion contract for the development and ...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a US$2.8 billion contract from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for a follow-on ...

Footage shared on social media Friday purported to show the launch of a THAAD interceptor in Israel against an incoming ballistic missile fired by the Houthis in Yemen. A US soldier can reportedly ...

A THAAD battery consists of six truck-mounted launchers with eight interceptor missiles on each launcher and a powerful radar. Reloading each launcher takes about 30 minutes, according to reports.

Impressively, the THAAD interceptor does not carry a warhead. Instead, the interceptor missile uses pure kinetic energy to deliver "hit to kill" strikes to incoming ballistic threats inside or ...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded a major contract to develop the next-generation Terminal High Altitude Area ...

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a follow-on development contract for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System.

Five minutes later a truck-mounted THAAD interceptor missile launches in pursuit of the target. According to the US Missile Defense Agency, there are more than 6,300 ballistic missiles outside of ...

The THAAD interceptor has an effective range of 200 kilometers, while Seongju is 210 kilometers southeast of Seoul. Seoul is working to upgrade its PAC-2 systems deployed at units in the capital ...

A top US air defense battery deployed to Israel was recently used in combat in what appears to be the first known instance that the system fired an interceptor since it arrived in the country two ...