THAAD Test Flight

Thaad Missile Test
(Image credit: Missile Defense Agency/U.S. Department of Defense)

This photograph captures the launch of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii on October 5, 2011. THAAD is a mobile interceptor missile designed to intercept short to medium range ballistic missiles inside or just outside the earth’s atmosphere.

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