It is noteworthy that the acronym THAAD means Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, which translates into Arabic as “protection of an area at high altitude.”
The United States manufactured THAAD at the beginning of this century to protect against medium-range ballistic missiles, the production of which stopped in the last century.
It is noteworthy that the production of THAAD missiles began in May 2004, when 16 anti-missile models were manufactured and then tested.
During the test, the Americans launched 14 THAAD anti-missiles, which succeeded in shooting down 11 ballistic missiles. So what are those missiles that were destroyed by the American THAAD system? The SS-1 Scud missiles are well known in the Middle East, and were developed on the basis of the “R-17” missile developed by the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s. Most of them were in the possession of Iraq, which fired them from time to time towards Israel, which shot down almost all of them with its air defenses. It is believed that some of these missiles are still in the possession of Iran and Syria, but Iran possesses the most modern missiles, which have a firing range of hundreds of kilometers.
It is noteworthy that all modern anti-air missiles explode when they approach a target to be intercepted, and it is destroyed by a large amount of fragments, but THAAD is the only anti-missile whose warhead does not have any explosives and must directly hit a missile that it wants to intercept, destroying it with the force of its mass.
Therefore, the THAAD missile was equipped with a continuity command system, an electronic computer, an electrical power source, as well as a DACS maneuvering and guidance engine that ensures accurate maneuvers of the missile on the trajectory.
Source: Rossiyskaya Gazeta
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