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2018 · Current AffairsPrevious Year Question
Q43.
What is "Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD)", sometimes seen in the news?
A. An Israeli radar system
B. India's indigenous anti-missile programme
C. An American anti-missile system
D. A defence collaboration between Japan and South Korea
Answer

C

Explanation

THAAD is an American missile defence system designed to intercept and destroy short and medium-range ballistic missiles in their final flight phase. First proposed in 1987 and finally deployed in 2008, the THAAD cannot be used as a form of attack against an enemy.
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