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BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE 1990S<br />

Figure 97.THAAD maneuver.THAAD maneuvering after launch. (Reprinted<br />

from http://army-technology.com/projects/thaad/images/Thaad3.jpl.)<br />

called area, equivalent <strong>to</strong> the land-based PAC-3, was based on<br />

the Navy’s SM-2 Block IV A missile. It has a blast-fragmentation<br />

warhead and the ability <strong>to</strong> hit targets up <strong>to</strong> an altitude <strong>of</strong> 35 km<br />

and out <strong>to</strong> a range <strong>of</strong> 125 km (another source states it can cover<br />

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