Terminal Phase Defense
- Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
- PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)
- Arrow missile, a joint effort between the U.S. and Israel
- Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), co-developmental program of the United States Department of Defense, Germany and Italy.
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