The Army Needs to Get Serious About Modernizing THAAD
By Daniel Gouré
June 01, 2018
Air and missile defense is one of the U.S. Army’s six modernization priorities. Based on current funding profiles, it is the number one priority, receiving about half the total funding the Army plans to spend on its priorities between 2020 and 2024.
The Army appears quite serious about improving its air and missile defense capabilities in the near-term and to do so wherever possible by exploiting available technologies and upgrading existing systems. This is an approach that has been characterized as an evolutionary revolution. Secretary of the Army Mark Esper explained this concept:
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