Article: Andover, Mass., Raytheon Plant Unveils High-Altitude Missile Defense System.

By Rebecca Lipchitz, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 9--ANDOVER, Mass. -- Raytheon Co. yesterday unveiled a new mobile missile defense system specifically designed to intercept ballistic missiles at high altitudes.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Radar, built at Raytheon's Andover plant and designed in Bedford and Sudbury, is the first ground-based missile defense designed specifically to detect and destroy ballistic missiles.

The radar is designed to work in conjunction with such components as the THAAD missile launcher. Unlike some missile defense systems that blow up near an incoming ...

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