Germany’s THAAD Anti Ballistic Missile Systems to Intercept Russian Ballistic Missile

According to Reuters and their March 17, 2022 publication, Germany is ready to ask the United States to acquire the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense otherwise known as THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense missiles in these attacks.system. The reason for this is the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the fact that Russia uses ballistic missiles in these attacks. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense [THAAD] is an anti-ballistic missile system developed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin. Entered service in the United States in 2008. From then until today THAAD continues to be produced and sold successfully. In addition to the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are its operators and use it to protect their airspace from medium-range and short-range missiles. Although the system is many years old, it was only in January this year that it managed to make the first documented interception of a ballistic missile that was launched by the Yemeni Hutus in the UAE. The THAAD rocket weighs 900 kilograms and is powered by a single-stage Pratt & Whitney solid-fueled engine. The operational distance that can reach and hit a target is 200 km. It can fly at an altitude of up to 150 km, and the maximum speed of the THAAD missile that can be reached is Mach 8 or 10,000 km/h.