DESCRIPCIÓN DEL SISTEMA
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase.
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FABRICANTE
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INFO DE PRODUCCIÓN
COST$800 million per battery
UNITS BUILT7+ batteries
FIRST FLIGHT1995
VER TAMAÑO COMPLETO
THAAD - Lockheed Martin
VENTAJAS
- Only U.S. system capable of both endo- and exo-atmospheric intercept
- Hit-to-kill technology ensures complete warhead destruction (no fragments)
- AN/TPY-2 radar provides ballistic missile defense and space tracking
- Rapidly deployable; C-17 transportable
- Perfect test record: 16/16 successful intercept tests
DESVENTAJAS
- Cannot intercept targets in terminal phase below ~40 km altitude
- Expensive per battery (~$2B) and per interceptor (~$12M)
- Limited against maneuvering hypersonic threats
- Must be paired with Patriot or other systems for lower-tier defense
ESPECIFICACIONES TÉCNICAS
RADARAN/TPY-2 X-Band (1,000+ Km Detection)
RANGE200+ Km
ALTITUDE150+ Km (Endo- And Exo-Atmospheric)
UNIT COST~$2B Per Battery
INTERCEPTORSingle-Stage Hit-To-Kill (Kinetic)
TEST RECORD16/16 Successful Intercept Tests
COST PER INTERCEPTOR~$12M
INTERCEPTORS PER BATTERY48 (6× Launchers × 8 Missiles)
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