A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense | Missile Defense Agency | Reuters
CNBC: A rare look inside the heavily guarded compound where Lockheed Martin builds the THAAD missile
* For the first time, Lockheed Martin opens to the media its heavily guarded compound where it builds America’s THAAD missile defense system.
* In 2008, Lockheed Martin delivered the first THAAD battery to the U.S. Army. Since then, the system has been deployed to Guam, South Korea, Romania and Israel.
* The U.S. has secured multibillion-dollar deals to sell the missile defense system to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
* A spokeswoman says Lockheed Martin is preparing for an increase of about 50% in THAAD production.
TROY, Alabama — The crown jewel of U.S. missile defense systems comes from an unlikely place: a 4,000 acre compound nestled in the quiet woods of a southern Alabama town.
For the first time, Lockheed Martin opened to the media its heavily guarded compound in Troy, Alabama, where it builds and breeds America’s THAAD, or terminal high altitude area defense system. The process to open up the facility took more than a year of security approvals and was conditional that no photography or recording devices could enter the complex.
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WNU Editor: No cameras or recording devices were permitted. So what was the point?
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Phones are spy devices using GPS, cameras and microphones which could easily compromise manufacturing methods. They are also a transmitter of malware to compromise electronics.
So nice to see a ban on electronics.
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