The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a significant follow-on development contract for the Terminal ...

In a significant move to bolster the United States’ missile defense capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has ...

Rival parties are engaged in a war over a possible deployment of the U.S. advanced missile interceptor, or THAAD, on Korean soil. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system is widely regarded as ...

April 29, 2015: The United States is encountering a lot of diplomatic resistance from Russia, China and Iran because of plans to deploy its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) anti-missile ...

The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday to step up efforts to take tougher ...

A top American-made air-defense battery deployed to Israel has been used in combat multiple times since it arrived in the country last fall, a US defense official confirmed to Business Insider on ...

A Pentagon statement said President Joe Biden had ordered the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) battery and its crew be sent "to defend Israel". Iran launched almost 200 ballistic ...

The US deployed a top air-defense battery to Israel in October after a huge Iranian attack. The THAAD system has now been used in combat twice — once in December and another time in January. THAAD's ...

A THAAD battery consists of six truck-mounted launchers with eight interceptor missiles on each launcher and a powerful radar. Reloading each launcher takes about 30 minutes, according to reports.

Five minutes later a truck-mounted THAAD interceptor missile launches in pursuit of the target. According to the US Missile Defense Agency, there are more than 6,300 ballistic missiles outside of ...

The South Korean Defense Ministry revealed that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile-defense system will be deployed to Seongju, located in the southeastern party of the county.