Footage on social media showed what security sources later confirmed as the firing of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery missile to intercept a Houthi attack from Yemen early on ...

The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a follow-on development contract, with a ceiling value of up to $2.8bn for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems.

And given how there are few anti-ballistic missile defense systems out there as effective as the THAAD, more billions are now poured into the weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. THAAD stands for ...