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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Here's How The World's Most Advanced Missile Defense System Works

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile launchThe most advanced missile system on the planet can hunt and blast incoming missiles right out of the sky with 100% success rate — from a truck.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), with the utmost and unmatched precision, can equalize tensions around the world with its mobility and strategic battery unit placement: In April 2013, the Pentagon deployed a THAAD battery to Guam in order to deter North Korean provocations and to further defend the Pacific region.

Impressively, the THAAD missile does not carry a warhead, it uses pure kinetic energy to deliver "hit-to-kill" lethality to ballistic missiles inside or outside of the atmosphere. Each launcher carries up to eight missiles and can send multiples kill vehicles out depending on the severity of the threat.

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