Talk:Terminal High Altitude Area Defense

message: The Patriot PAC-3 as a missile has a designation as MIM-104. This article, THAAD describes a whole system, including missile, launcher, radar, control systems. The Missile alone should have its own designation - What is the designation of this missile? The radar alone does have its designation shown. 
Wfoj2 (talk) 23:21, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: mim 401? https://www.dau.edu/cop/ammo/resources/terminal-high-altitude-area-defense-missile-thaad YEEETER0 (talk) 02:02, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: THAAD and PAC-3

message: I have removed the last paragraph because it was uncited and not clear how it was relevant. So what if ballistic missiles can change their trajectory or THAAD will not deter a launch? Surely the whole point of the system is that it can track and intercept missiles regardless of how they move and that they do intercept missiles - it's not for show. In any case, how do we know THAAD will not deter anyone from launching attacks?
Unless someone can produce more in-depth, relevant and cited material to substantiate why that is a problem for this system it is irrelevant. John Smith's (talk) 11:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  One major problem...... 

message: I've updated a the first list of dates and test results to be a table.  I'll do the same with the second in a little while.  I suspect the two sections can be combined with early development under one heading called "Development" and just make them their own subsections. Darthveda (talk) 01:35, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've finished a massive round of reformatting the page.  I'm a little unhappy with the THAAD diagram where it is.  Darthveda (talk) 04:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting 

message: dont know what thay deployed to hawaii, since A-4 is still sitting on its but in el paso.Brian in denver (talk) 22:54, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Hawaian deployment

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message: According to IEEE Spectrum these devices suffered from Counterfeit Microchips.http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/an-unhackable-qr-code-to-fight-bogus-chips Should we begin a section to address this? Aedazan (talk) 01:30, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
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message: How does THADD fit into the mix with Patriot? i.e. what is the advantage of one over the other?Feldercarb (talk) 22:39, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The design ranges of the two are quite different - THAAD has a range of ">200km"; Patriot (PAC-3 MSE) an ABM range of "35 km". So the idea is that a small number of Patriot batteries can defend a city, and a small number of THAAD batteries can defend a country or a large US state. The practical merits of either (the extent to which they will work as advertised) remains to be seen. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 15:35, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

text: The radar systems also differ, with the resolving power of a Patriot radar being less (it would be 'blurrier') than the resolving power of a THAAD radar  (it would be 'sharper'). Thus tracking and intercepting a threat is an easier task for THAAD.  --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 12:33, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compared to Patriot 

message: Extended range? Kortoso (talk) 22:33, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ER 

message: This section seems rather long; perhaps it should be stripped back to stuff that's directly relevant. Do we need all the history? William M. Connolley (talk) 08:58, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  North Korea threat 

message: ===  The THAAD Radar and a variant developed as a forward sensor for ICBM missile defense, the Forward-Based X-Band – Transportable (FBX-T) radar were assigned a common designator,  ===
<The THAAD Radar and a variant developed as a forward sensor for ICBM missile defense, the Forward-Based X-Band – Transportable (FBX-T) radar was assigned a common designator,>  
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source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense
<The THAAD Radar and a variant developed as a forward sensor for ICBM missile defense, the Forward-Based X-Band – Transportable (FBX-T) radar were assigned a common designator,> 
this sentence is correct.
Please correct it. Qwer0909 (talk) 09:05, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not Done. The article is written in American English, not UK English. --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 10:37, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radar - Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2017 

message: <The THAAD Radar and a variant developed as a forward sensor for ICBM missile defense, the Forward-Based X-Band – Transportable (FBX-T) radar was assigned a common designator,>  
this sentence is wrong.
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source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense
<The THAAD Radar and a variant developed as a forward sensor for ICBM missile defense, the Forward-Based X-Band – Transportable (FBX-T) radar were assigned a common designator,> 
this sentence is correct.
Please correct it. Qwer0909 (talk) 09:05, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not Done. The article is written in American English, not UK English. --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 10:37, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:   The THAAD Radar and a variant developed as a forward sensor for ICBM missile defense, the Forward-Based X-Band – Transportable (FBX-T) radar were assigned a common designator,  

message: Modes are common radar terminology; it's not just THAAD that uses the word.
According to the vendor, the AN/TPY-2 radar has two modes, 1) for operating in the THAAD role -- terminal mode, for defense against descending missiles, and  2) for forward-based mode, which is the detection of ascending missiles."The AN/TPY-2 is a missile-defense radar that can detect, classify and track ballistic missiles. It operates in the X band of the electromagnetic spectrum, which enables it to see targets more clearly, and it has two modes – one to detect ballistic missiles as they rise, and another that can guide interceptors toward a descending warhead." In other words, it's one radar. Currently the THAAD radar in Korea can be used in its role to guide anti-ballistic interceptors, in one mode. --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 00:07, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The AN/TPY-2 radar has two modes 

message: An AMDR can be constructed with 2-foot wide modules, each a functioning radar,(3/13/2017) Aloha, AMDR radar: Raytheon’s transformational naval radar arrives in Hawaii for ‘live target’ testing which can form an electronically positionable antenna, a phased array.
--Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 06:31, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Radar Modular Assemblies (RMAs)

message: It should be possible to explain the difference between an ICBM and its rival missiles for the encyclopedia, using high school algebra, and the distance data from the latest Reuters citationU.S. THAAD missile defenses hit test target as North Korea tension rises which was just added to the article. Galileo's law of falling bodies is the key. If we follow Newton and approximate the trajectory of an ICBM with a parabola, we have the relationship between distance and velocity (cited as  Mach 8) we need. I keep reading that a THAAD interceptor can achieve  Mach 8 velocities. Especially if an ICBM is falling downward, my thought is that a THAAD should be able to intercept it. I haven't worked through the numbers yet. Feel free to beat me to it --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 07:15, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of ICBM 

message: U.S. approves possible $15 billion sale of THAAD missiles to Saudi Arabia
http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/saudi-arabia-terminal-high-altitude-area-defense-and-related-support-equipment-and--Qrmoo3 (talk) 20:50, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. approves possible $15 billion sale of THAAD missiles to Saudi Arabia. 

message: The latest contribution, as translated by Google translate, beginning "In Russia 13:31, January 15, 2018 ..." shows that the Russian Foreign Ministry's reaction lacks technical advice. The section describing the Standard Missile-3 modification IIA betrays the Foreign Ministry's misunderstanding of the antimissile defense system, in that, were Japan to purchase Aegis SM-3 Block IIA, the Japanese defenders would indeed be able to launch their own antimissile interceptors. The ballistic missile detection process is described very well in today's news about the Hawaiian false alarm scare.(MSNBC LIVE 1/13/18) Breaking down the false alarm Hawaii missile threatHawaii missile alert: How one employee 'pushed the wrong button' and caused a wave of panic (note how civil defense is starting to see need for multi-level interlocks)What If Hawaii's False Missile Alert Had Been Real? Here's What Would Happen Next A missile enroute to a target in Japan would be intercepted by Japanese SM-3 interceptors with no US intervention (see J-Alert).New York Times (29 Aug 2017) Japan awakes to a text message: Missile approaching 
Note: this last citation is a US capability. Multiple detections of a targetted ICBM to be shot down, make its interception by antimissile interceptors more likely.(20 January 2017) Air Force satellite launches successfully after delay Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor  (January 19, 2018 08:00pm ET) Atlas V Rocket Launches New Missile-Warning Satellite for US Air Force SBIRS-4  --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 00:44, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latest contribution citing "In Russia 13:31, January 15, 2018 ..." 

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message: If no citation is provided for the contribution asserting that a subsonic cruise missile is somehow equivalent in ABM defense capability to a Mach 8 interceptor within seven days of the date of that contribution, I intend to remove it. --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 09:21, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subsonic cruise missile 

message: Hi all, please assist to expand the controversy section. Currently listed controversy is merely health concerns (chronic headaches, nausea), concerns around financial costs, and the selection of locations of deployment. Needs work.126.161.176.79 (talk) 14:44, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, controversy sections are not recommended per WP:NPOV. The contents need to be merged into the relevant sections of the article. - BilCat (talk) 00:56, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

text: When merging the points into the relevant parts of the article, the citations to a URL can be formatted with author, title, date. For example, the ref might contain (Bruce Gagnon, Will Griffin, and  Ken Jones Veterans for Peace (2017) Statement Opposing U.S. THAAD ‘Missile Defense’ System Deployment in South Korea) --Ancheta Wis    (talk  | contribs) 02:00, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy section 

message: Here is the most recent citation for "D-2 (THAAD) Battery", now permanently stationed in Korea: 
https://www.army.mil/article/215518/ "D-2 conducts first THAAD missile redistribution exercise on Korean Peninsula"
By 1LT Taylor John-Morton (December 27, 2018)
-- 03:03, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  D-2 (THAAD) battery nomenclature 

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* A rare look inside the heavily guarded compound where Lockheed Martin builds the THAAD missile - CNBC - • Sbmeirow • Talk • 02:23, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  THAAD in the News