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Subject: THAAD Intercepts Air Launched Ballistic Missile
Softwar    6/30/2008 10:35:59 AM
Aviation Week & Space Technology 06/30/2008 , page 22 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and prime Lockheed Martin declared a successful shootdown of a separating target with the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system over a Hawaiian test range June 25. The target, launched from a C-17 airlifter and intercepted in mid endo-atmosphere, presented a new target class compared with previous unitary targets intercepted by Thaad.
 
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