THAAD missile intercepts target over White Sands

The Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile yesterday broke its string of six failures in a row, intercepting a target missile for the first time during a test at White Sands Missile Range N.M., and helping to validate the hit-to-kill idea that is the backbone of the Pentagon's ballistic...

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