In September 1992, the US Army selected Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin) as prime contractor for THAAD development. The THAAD program benefited from results of previous missile defense efforts like High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor (HEDI) and the Kinetic Kill Vehicle Integrated Technology Experiment (KITE). The THAAD missile defense concept was proposed in 1987, with a formal request for proposals submitted to industry in 1991. On 17 January 2022, THAAD made its first operational interception, of an incoming hostile medium-range ballistic missile in the UAE. THAAD has been deployed in the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Romania, and South Korea. THAAD was originally scheduled for deployment in 2012, but initial deployment took place in May 2008. The Navy has a similar program, the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, which also has a land component ('Aegis Ashore'). Originally a United States Army program, THAAD has come under the umbrella of the Missile Defense Agency. The THAAD interceptor carries no warhead, instead relying on its kinetic energy of impact to destroy the incoming missile. THAAD was developed after the experience of Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry) by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach. Indium-antimonide imaging infra-red seeker head

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