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THAAD Test Range Opens in Hawaii

September 17, 2004 :: News

The Missile Defense Agency recently opened a new complex at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kaua’i, Hawaii for the testing of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, which will begin in 2006. The project includes a launcher, radar foundations, block house and support facilities. THAAD has been tested at the missile range at White Sands, New Mexico, and the move to Kaua’i is because of “more robust objectives that cannot be accommodated at (White Sands) because of geographical constraints,” according to an MDA press release.
        What this likely means is that the missiles which will be intercepted in their final, descending, phase, will need to be launched from a position farther away in range than the White Sands range alone will permit, without having it fly over populated areas. By testing in Hawaii, the target missile could be launched from the air, another island, or from the sea. (Article)

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