{"id":27281,"date":"2026-03-08T10:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T05:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27281"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:09:53","slug":"thaad-missile-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/thaad-missile-system\/","title":{"rendered":"THAAD Missile System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>THAAD Missile System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Iran has destroyed a key Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) radar system used by the US to detect and intercept ballistic missiles in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About THAAD Missile System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system is one of the <\/span><b>most advanced<\/b> <b>missile defence platforms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is developed by the <\/span><b>United States to counter ballistic missile threats.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Features of THAAD Missile System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>designed to intercept missiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the final stage of their flight,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THAAD can destroy <\/span><b>incoming threats both inside and outside Earth\u2019s atmosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, providing a critical defensive layer against short-medium-and limited intermediate-range ballistic missiles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0THAAD uses <\/span><b>\u201chit-to-kill\u201d technology.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means its interceptor <\/span><b>missiles destroy incoming targets by directly<\/b> <b>colliding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with them at extremely high speeds, relying on kinetic energy rather than an explosive blast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THAAD can <\/span><b>engage ballistic missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> targets at <\/span><b>ranges of roughly 150\u2013200 kilometres.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The THAAD weapon system is a major element of the <\/span><b>broader Ballistic Missile Defence System (BMDS) architecture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key components includes<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Interceptors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that destroy incoming missiles through kinetic impact;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Truck-mounted launchers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> used to deploy the interceptors;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerful <\/span><b>AN\/TPY-2 radar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which detects and tracks missile threats at a long range;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>tactical fire control and communications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> unit that coordinates targeting and engagement; and additional logistics and support equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A typical THAAD battery includes around <\/span><b>90 personnel, six launchers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 48 interceptors, with each launcher carrying eight missiles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/terminal-high-altitude-area-defence-system-us\/article70716835.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The THAAD system is a US-developed missile defence platform that intercepts ballistic missiles in their final phase using advanced hit-to-kill technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":52726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,1162,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-27281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-thaad-missile-system","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27281"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91824,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281\/revisions\/91824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}