European Security & Defence:

As defined by the US Defense Department’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) element provides the US military’s Missile Defense System (MDS) “with a globally-transportable, rapidly-deployable capability to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles inside or [just] outside the atmosphere during their final, or terminal, phase of flight.” It is designed to provide cover to a large area, to defend US and allied/partner forces and facilities, as well as civilian populations and infrastructure.

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