Army Technology:
The US Army, in collaboration with the Missile Defense Agency, has successfully completed a tracking exercise involving the terminal high altitude area defence (THAAD) system.
Identified as Flight Test Other 35 (FTX-35), the THAAD test was carried out using a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) target. The SRBM target has been developed and built by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Space & Missile Defense Systems division, and government and industry partners.
During the test, the single-stage target was launched from the southern end of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico before it was acquired and tracked by the THAAD system.
“Part of ballistic missile defence system, the US Army’s THAAD solution has been developed to defeat short and medium-range ballistic missiles in the terminal phase.”
