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Offline russianhalo117

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Re: THAAD Initial Operational Test and Evaluation Conducted
« Reply #40 on: 07/24/2017 01:34 pm »
Not to throw us off target, has Orbital released much information on the air launched targets? All I seem to be able to find is a decent video from May,


Just reminds me of the Air Launched Ballistic Missile program from the 1970's.

Official video (Wake Island THAAD launch:

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Re: THAAD Initial Operational Test and Evaluation Conducted
« Reply #41 on: 07/30/2017 08:40 pm »
another round of testing...

THAAD Missile-Defense System Intercepts Test Target Over Pacific Ocean

AiirSource Military
Published on Jul 30, 2017


The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army soldiers of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from Fort Bliss, Texas, conducted a successful missile defense test today using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. A medium-range target ballistic missile (MRBM) was air-launched by a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean. The THAAD weapon system located at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked and intercepted the target.





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Re: THAAD Initial Operational Test and Evaluation Conducted
« Reply #42 on: 07/31/2017 08:08 am »
MDA release.

https://www.mda.mil/news/17news0008.html

"The test, designated Flight Experiment THAAD (FET)-01, was conducted to gather threat data from a THAAD interceptor in flight."
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