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Thaad is designed to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.

The system is designed to shoot down incoming missiles.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is designed to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles.

Foreign military officials also seemed impressed by the Iskander surface-to-surface missile, which was shown for the first time, and the S-300 system, which is designed to shoot down Scud-type missiles.

The ground-based missile defense system, which first came into development after the Persian Gulf War, is designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles during the terminal phase (i.e., when they are coming down).

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system does not use warheads and is designed to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles like the ones launched by Pyongyang into the Sea of Japan on Sunday.

The batteries are designed to shoot down short-range Iranian missiles.

The Bush administration says the bases are designed to shoot down rogue missiles fired by Iran or North Korea.

The much-delayed Eurofighter, for example, was designed to shoot Soviet fighters from the sky, but is now being redesigned to strafe terrorists and insurgents.

"The Patriot used in 1991 was designed to shoot down airplanes and modified to give it some kind of antimissile capability.

But what has really upset the Americans is Erdoğan's parallel purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles that are designed to shoot down F-35s.