{"id":1379,"date":"2024-02-17T19:39:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:43:10","slug":"q-what-is-terminal-high-altitude-area-defense-thaad-sometimes-seen-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-what-is-terminal-high-altitude-area-defense-thaad-sometimes-seen-in-the-news","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0What is \u201cTerminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)\u201d, sometimes seen in the news?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>An Israeli radar system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India\u2019s indigenous anti-missile programme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An American anti-missile system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A defence collaboration between Japan and South Korea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) An American anti-missile system<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"terminal-high-altitude-area-defense-thaad\">Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an&nbsp;<strong>American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase<\/strong>&nbsp;(descent or reentry)&nbsp;<strong>by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>THAAD was developed after the experience of&nbsp;<strong>Iraq\u2019s Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The THAAD interceptor&nbsp;<strong>carries no warhead, instead relying on its kinetic energy of impact to destroy the incoming missile.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>THAAD is coupled with&nbsp;<strong>space-based and ground-based surveillance stations,<\/strong>&nbsp;which transfer data about the incoming missile and inform the THAAD interceptor missile of the threat type classification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This system has been designed and manufactured by the&nbsp;<strong>USA company Lockheed Martin.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has been previously deployed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Guam, Israel, Romania as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Terminal-High-Altitude-Area-Defense-THAAD-1024x560.jpeg\" alt=\"Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)\" class=\"wp-image-47645\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"s400-triumf-missiles-system\">S-400 Triumf Missiles System<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The S-400 Triumf is a mobile,&nbsp;<strong>surface-to-air missile (SAM)<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>system developed by<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Russia,<\/strong>&nbsp;capable of intercepting and destroying various aerial targets, such as aircraft, drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The S-400 has a range of up to<strong>&nbsp;400<\/strong>&nbsp;km, at an altitude of up to 30 km and can engage up to&nbsp;<strong>36 targets simultaneously<\/strong>, with four different types of missiles.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the most dangerous operationally deployed&nbsp;<strong>modern long-range SAM (MLR SAM)<\/strong>&nbsp;in the world, considered much ahead of the&nbsp;<strong>US-developed&nbsp;Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"iron-dome-system-of-israel\">Iron Dome System of Israel<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a&nbsp;<strong>ground-to-air defence system<\/strong>&nbsp;that comprises radar and interceptor missiles that are capable of tracking and neutralising any rockets or missiles fired towards targets in Israel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was developed by the state-run&nbsp;<strong>Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries<\/strong>&nbsp;and was deployed in 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is particularly useful in defending against rockets, artillery and mortars, as well as aircraft, helicopters and<strong>&nbsp;unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Dome has a&nbsp;<strong>range of close to 70 km<\/strong>&nbsp;and has three crucial components, Detection and Tracking radar, Battle Management and Weapons Control and the Missile Launcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (c) An American anti-missile system Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) S-400 Triumf Missiles System Iron Dome System of 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