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THAAD
Lockheed Martin. Facts from open sources (OSINT), each linked to its post or document; translated from Russian by a language model.
Manufacturer and country
| Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Space | ×2 | @theaterVD, @RussianArms |
| Lockheed Martin | ×5 | @theaterVD, @yigal_levin, @RussianArms +2 |
| General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems | ×2 | @theaterVD, @yigal_levin |
| General Dynamics | ×1 | @RussianArms |
Specifications
| Parameter | Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | 15.5 million dollars USD ≠ sources disagree | ×3 | @VictoryDrones, @yigal_levin, @RussianArms |
| quantity_used | more than 10 units | ×2 | @milinfolive, @VictoryDrones |
| rate_of_fire | more than a dozen missiles used to intercept 20 ballistic missiles ≠ sources disagree | ×2 | @new_militarycolumnist, @RussianArms |
| Range | up to 1000 km | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| Cost | more than 1 billion dollars (total contract value for the UAE) USD ≠ sources disagree | ×1 | @theaterVD |
| Cost | millions of dollars per launch | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| configuration | C3 (configuration 3) | ×1 | @theaterVD |
| contract_value | $1 billion to expand production of exoatmospheric interceptors ≠ sources disagree | ×1 | @VictoryDrones |
| contract_value | about $35 billion to accelerate production USD ≠ sources disagree | ×1 | @wingsofwar |
| contract_value | 211.435 million US dollars (contract P00082) ≠ sources disagree | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| contract_value_propulsion | $1 billion to expand production of exoatmospheric interceptors USD | ×1 | @yigal_levin |
| count | 8 batteries of exoatmospheric interceptors | ×1 | @yigal_levin |
| delivery_period | August 2026 – January 2031 | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| framework_contract_value | 35 billion dollars (undefinitized contract actions) USD | ×1 | @theaterVD |
| generation | third generation (C3, System Build 5.0) | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| intercept_altitude | high altitude | ×1 | @milioptimist |
| intercept_altitude | 40–150 km | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| kill_probability | 0.85–0.9 | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| production_investment | part of USD 8–9 billion (together with PAC-3 MSE and PrSM) USD | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| production_rate_current | 96 units per year units/year | ×1 | @yigal_levin |
| production_rate_target | fourfold production increase by the end of the decade | ×1 | @VictoryDrones |
| production_rate_target | 400 units per year units/year | ×1 | @yigal_levin |
| production_scale_factor | more than fourfold | ×1 | @yigal_levin |
| production_scale_increase | quadrupling of production capacity | ×1 | @theaterVD |
| production_target | quadruple production by the end of the decade | ×1 | @yigal_levin |
| quantity | 8 exoatmospheric interceptor batteries in the US Army | ×1 | @VictoryDrones |
| quantity_used | more than a dozen systems to intercept ~20 Iranian ballistic missiles | ×1 | @infantmilitario |
| rate_of_fire | current production 96 units per year, target 400 units per year units/year ≠ sources disagree | ×1 | @RussianArms |
| total_expended | about 200 by mid-July units | ×1 | @infantmilitario |
| total_program_cost | USD 1.054 billion | ×1 | @RussianArms |
×N – how many different sources (channels, sites or documents) give this value; ×1 means one.
Components and technologies
| Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|
| launcher | ×1 | @theaterVD |
| SRM (solid-propellant rocket motor) | ×2 | @VictoryDrones, @yigal_levin |
| AN/TPY-2 | ×1 | @RussianArms |
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