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Pentagon Studies Linking THAAD X-Band Radar to Sea-Based Interceptors

July 30, 2006 :: Jane's Information Group :: News

The U.S. Army is considering ways to create an “instant” missile defense capability by combining forward-based X-band radars on land with sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptors, reports the August 2 edition of Jane’s Defence Weekly. According to Lieutenant General Larry Dodgen, head of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defence Command, the Army is looking at the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) radar as a “deployable asset.” The forward-based X-band radar is a highly mobile, land-based, radar system that was designed for deployment in strategic areas overseas in order to provide advance warning of potential ballistic threats from locations near a missile’s launch.

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