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To: TobagoJack who wrote (215007)6/17/2025 10:51:05 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone  Read Replies (2) of 217591
 
23 min ago

Missile defense systems provided by US are helping save lives in Israel, ambassador says

From CNN's Brad Lendon and Maureen Chowdhury
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter told CNN today that the US-provided missile defense systems, including THAAD, have helped save “hundreds perhaps thousands of lives” in Israel since Iran began its retaliatory missile attacks four days ago.

Here’s why the missile defense system is effective:

  • The Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at ranges of 150 to 200 kilometers (93 to 124 miles) and with a near-perfect success rate in testing.
  • Using a combination of advanced radar systems and interceptors, it is the only US missile defense system that can engage and destroy short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles both inside or outside the atmosphere during their terminal phase of flight — or dive on their target.
  • THAAD interceptors are kinetic, meaning they take out incoming targets by colliding with them rather than exploding near the incoming warhead.

According to a report by the Congressional Research Service, the US military has seven THAAD batteries, each consisting of six truck-mounted launchers — with eight interceptors apiece — a powerful radar system and a fire control and communications component.

Through a broad command and control and battle management system, THAAD batteries can communicate with a range of US missile defenses, including Aegis systems — commonly found aboard US Navy ships — and Patriot missile defense systems that are designed to intercept shorter-range targets. Those other missile defense systems are more numerous than THAAD.
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