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Why is the US-made THAAD system often characterized as a dedicated anti-ballistic missile system rather than a multi-role air defence system?
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- 1It can only engage low-altitude cruise missiles and tactical drones.
- 2It is optimized strictly for high-altitude ballistic missile interception and cannot counter conventional fighter jets.✓
- 3It operates exclusively outside the Earth's atmosphere without endoatmospheric capabilities.
- 4It relies entirely on explosive blast-fragmentation warheads rather than kinetic impact.
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It is optimized strictly for high-altitude ballistic missile interception and cannot counter conventional fighter jets.
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