Re: THAAD missed.

Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:34:24 -0800

Michael S. Lorrey wrote:

> What sort of warhead does [THAAD] have?

None. Metal to metal contact required.

> Any technical pages on what is going on?

So far it looks like just official-speak. They had a good boost stage, good feedback, good jetison, endgame guidance acquired target and reported attitude control was working and it was heading in.... then missed by about 30 meters. They are saying that was an encouraging result, so lets wait and see. Ill let ya know if I find any good URLs. spike