China cyber attacks targeted missile defense programs

Pentagon aircraft, missile defense programs target of China cyber threat

"...a partial list of 37 breached programs, which included the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon — a land-based missile defense system that was recently deployed to Guam to help counter the North Korean threat...."

Reference: washingtonpost.com .

LOCKHEED MARTIN INAUGURATES TARGET SINGLE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY IN COURTLAND, ALA.

LOCKHEED MARTIN INAUGURATES TARGET SINGLE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY IN COURTLAND, ALA.

"...Lockheed Martin, as the MDA’s prime contractor for Targets and Countermeasures, will deliver targets from Courtland to ranges around the globe to test Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, Aegis, Ground-based Midcourse, Airborne Laser, sensors and other Ballistic Missile Defense System elements – demonstrating both element- and system-level capabilities against current and future threats to the U.S., friends, allies and troops abroad. ..."

Reference: www.lockheedmartin.com .

Time for an All-Navy Missile Shield?

Time for an All-Navy Missile Shield?
"...Currently, the Missile Defense Agency maintains a diverse portfolio of missile killers targeting the three phases of a missile’s flight — launch, mid-course, and terminal. The Pentagon could potentially pare down its ballistic missile defense arsenal from the six different interceptors in service or development to just the Standard...."
Reference: www.wired.com

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Japan Considering THAAD Missile Defense

Japan Considering THAAD Missile Defense
"...Japan is considering adding the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system as a third layer to its ballistic-missile defenses, according to an official leak evidently prompted by North Korea’s..."
Reference: www.aviationweek.com

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U.S. missile defense information found in disk bought on eBay

U.S. missile defense information found in disk bought on eBay
"...Specifically, test launch procedures for the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) ground-to-air missile defense system were contained on the disk,..."
Reference: www.scmagazineus.com

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US intercepts ballistic missile in Hawaii test

US intercepts ballistic missile in Hawaii test
"... HONOLULU — The military's ground-based mobile missile defense system successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test in Hawaii, the Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday. It was the first time the military fired two interceptors at one target using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system..."
Reference: www.chron.com

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U.S. to sell $7 bln missile-defense system to the United Arab Emirates

U.S. to sell $7 bln missile-defense system to the United Arab Emirates
"...The main item, worth up to $7 billion, is the so-called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, which is built by Lockheed Martin Corp with a system radar from Raytheon Co, and could be used for possible defense against Iran...."
Reference: www.reuters.com

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