Trumpeter 01054 Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD)

THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) is a modern American anti-ballistic missile system. The first prototypes of the components of this system were created in the late 1980s, and the production of THAAD began in 2007/2008. The THAAD missiles are solid fuel single-stage rockets with a range of over 200 km and a speed of over 8 Ma. In the US Army, the THAAD system is built on the M983 Oshkosh HEMTT or M1075 Oshkosh trucks.

The THAAD system is one of the elements of the American Ballistic Missile Defense program and is responsible for destroying enemy warheads and ballistic missiles in the last phase of their flight. It is based on projectiles intended to hit an incoming target directly and with their very kinetic energy to disturb its flight path and / or destroy it. THAAD is dedicated to destroying short and medium range ballistic missiles. In the US Army, the standard THAAD system battery consists of 9 missile launchers and accompanying vehicles, including the AN / TPY-2 radar with a range of up to 1000 kilometers. At present, the THAAD system is used exclusively by the United States military.