THAAD would add as a further “deterrent” to an attack and not act alone in defence of Israel, said Cedric Leighton, a former US Air Force colonel and CNN military analyst.

The THAAD system is shown here being loaded onto a 4th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III at Fort Bliss, Texas, in Feb. 2019. (Staff Sgt. Cory D. Payne/U.S. Air Force/AP) ...

The U.S. expended nearly 14% of its THAAD inventory during the June 2025 conflict with Iran, according to researchers at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America. (Missile Defense Agency) ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $911.8M contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to provide additional development and testing support for the Terminal High Altitude Area ...

The deployment of THAAD came shortly after the U.S. and South Korea conducted joint air force exercises that North Korea described as a “nuclear bomb-dropping drill.” (Via Washington Post) ...

Lockheed Martin ‘s (NYSE: LMT) missiles and fire control business has received a $145.3 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to manufacture additional Terminal High ...

The THAAD weapon system is a land-based component of MDA’s Missile Defense System. Since production began, the combat-proven system has had a 100% success rate in missile defense tests — 16 ...

However, THAAD-ER, an “extended-range” version of the US anti-missile system now under development, will also employ a two-stage rocket motor that could travel faster, reported SCMP.

The 2026 DOD budget request includes an uptick in THAAD missile funding, outlining plans to purchase 25 interceptors with discretionary funds and to use recently passed reconciliation bill funding for ...

For many South Koreans, THAAD brings to mind a cautionary tale of the economic punishment that China meted out on their country, when Seoul allowed the U.S. to deploy THAAD over Beijing's objections.

THAAD PLANS: Tom McGrath, Lockheed Martin program manager and vice president for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, says he expects a contract for the third and fourth THAAD ...