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Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, an Epic card
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system, deployed since 2008, designed to intercept and destroy short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 510,000
Ranked #878 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
THAAD has an ______ range of 200 km.
Answer
operational. THAAD has an operational range of 200 km. From the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
THAAD was developed after the experience of Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in ____.
Answer
1990s. THAAD was developed after the experience of Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991. From the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lombardy. Lombardy 95 · Telangana 88 · Terminal High Altitude Area Defense 85 · Yakovlev Yak-130 81 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The THAAD interceptor carries no warhead, instead relying on its kinetic energy of impact to destroy the incoming missile.
- THAAD was developed after the experience of Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991.
- THAAD has an operational range of 200 km.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense article was read about 510,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The U.S. Army Ralph Scott/Missile Defense Agency/U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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