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Successfully tested Lockheed Martin's THAAD missile

Dallas, USA - It will be used to shoot down ballistic missiles

Lockheed Martin and the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted on Tuesday their sixth successful test of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile. The demonstration showed the system's capacity to track and shoot down a separating target in the Earth's atmosphere. The first "Salvo" mission respected the expectations: two THAAD interceptors have been launched against a dummy ballistic...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1101498
Rome, Italy, 03/19/2009 15:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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