Footage on social media showed what security sources later confirmed as the firing of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery missile to intercept a Houthi attack from Yemen early on ...

The Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery uses both radar and interceptors to stop short, medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles. It has a range of up to 124 miles and is ...

Why China Opposes Thaad in South Korea The U.S. has begun deploying a controversial missile-defense system, known as Thaad, to South Korea, a day after Pyongyang launched four ballistic missiles.

Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will be responsible for logistics management, hardware and software development and ...

The Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) has begun to deploy its first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) exoatmospheric ballistic missile interception system, it was revealed during ...

Lockheed Martin operations in Huntsville, Anniston and Troy will share in the work, according to the Pentagon.

China argues that since the bilateral decision between Seoul and Washington to deploy a THAAD battery, North Korean missile tests have expanded and are poised to rise. Thomas Karako, director of ...

Adan Cazarez/Handout via REUTERS) US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in Israel, along with American military ...

And given how there are few anti-ballistic missile defense systems out there as effective as the THAAD, more billions are now poured into the weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. THAAD stands for ...

Like THAAD interceptors, PAC-3 missiles do carry warheads and instead use "hit to kill" contact to obliterate targets. The following infographic from Lockheed Martin shows the Patriot system.