The U.S. military conducted another test on Sunday, July 30, of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic system amid increasing missile launches from North Korea. The latest of North Korea’s missiles launches, and its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), was reported Friday.
The test took place over the Pacific Ocean using a medium-range target ballistic missile (MRBM) that was air-launched by a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft. The THAAD weapon system, located at Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked, and intercepted the target, according to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
