High missile velocity forced abort of THAAD test
The second flight test of the Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missile on Monday was aborted after its velocity exceeded parameters and led to a conflict with range restrictions. "At burnout the missile was going too fast, its velocity was high, higher than anticipated," a spokesman for the...
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