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At long last, the US military鈥檚 flagship antimissile project, the Theater
High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, has scored a hit. In six previous
tests, THAAD missiles failed to intercept their target鈥攁 slow-moving
missile designed to mimic an incoming Scud
(This Week, 10 April, p 14). But last
week, the system worked. 鈥淚t was quite an impressive impact,鈥� says Lieutenant
Colonel Rick Leher, a spokesman for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization,
which manages the THAAD programme. 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking to do another test in early
闯耻濒测.鈥�