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Re: THAAD
From: "Allen Thomson"
Subject: Re: THAAD
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:18:01 -0500
Drew Menser noted:
>AW&ST reported THAAD intercepted a ballistic MISSLE, not just a re-entry
vehicle.
>Next test may be to try and intercept just the RV, and if so will be much
more
>difficult, but more along the lines of what is really required of the
system.
After which they can try intercepting the RV plus decoys, jammers, chaff
and other
complicating objects. Since there are apparently a lot of fairly dumb SCUD
clones around, a capability against them is worth having, but it isn't the
whole story.
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Created: Thu Jun 17 13:29:16 EDT 1999