An MDA spokesman said the test will be conducted at the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska, adding that THAAD would "detect, track and engage a target with a THAAD interceptor.
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THAAD system was initially deployed in March in Seongju county, South Korea, with two of its maximum load of six launchers to counter a growing North Korean missile threat. The South Korean government currently delays the system’s deployment to evaluate its effect to the environment.

