Israel shot down a missile from the THAAD complex for the first time: what is known

The American THAAD missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Israel from Yemen This was the first use of this system by the Israeli military.

This is reported by Reuters.

The Israeli army said that a missile fired by the Houthis was intercepted by anti-missile defenses. However, the statement did not specify whether the THAAD system was used for this.

THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) — a mobile ground-based anti-missile complex for intercepting medium-range missiles at altitudes outside the atmosphere.

Developed by Lockheed Martin, the complex uses the concept of kinetic interception, during which the target is destroyed by the energy of the collision with the hardware unit, which increases its effectiveness, as compared to other…