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Friday, February 08, 2013

BAE Systems' Seeker Performs Successfully in Historic Integrated Live Fire Missile Defense Test

THAAD interceptor |BAE Systems’ Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) infrared imaging seeker successfully engaged a medium-range ballistic missile target recently in the largest, most complex missile defense test in U.S. history.

The THAAD weapon system acquired a medium-range missile that was launched from a C-17 aircraft during the 2012 test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin, the THAAD prime contractor and systems integrator.

With this test, BAE Systems’ THAAD seeker has now successfully engaged short- and medium-range ballistic missile targets.

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