Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system, deployed since 2008, designed to intercept and destroy short-, m
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor being fired during an exercise in 2013
A US Army THAAD transported by a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
The AN/TPY-2 radar
THAAD's threat interception process
AN/TPY-2 transportable radar
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The AN/TPY-2 Surveillance Transportable Radar, or Forward Based X-band Transportable is a long-range, very high-altitude active digital antenna array surveillance radar designed to add a tier to exist
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
…has an operational range of 200 km. Each battery consists of six transporter erector launcher trucks with eight launch tubes each, 48 interceptors, one AN/TPY-2 transportable radar, three control stations, and a crew of 90 soldiers. The control stations connect to the US C2BMC communications system, integrating THAAD into a layered…
TPY-2 radar in travelling configuration