Missile Defense Agency

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system, deployed since 2008, designed to intercept and destroy short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase. The THAAD interceptor carries no warhead, instead relying on its kinetic energy of impact to destroy the incoming missile. THAAD was developed after the experience of Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991.

US government agency

part of US ballistic missile defence system

nationwide missile defense program of the United States

United States Navy and Missile Defense Agency anti-ballistic missile program

United States anti-ballistic missile defense for intercepting warheads in space

former agency of the United States Department of Defense