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  • Gates also planned to pitch a more sophisticated U.S. defense system called the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system, which is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles of longer range.

    Gates to discuss Arab upheaval with Saudi king 2011

  • Gates also planned to pitch a more sophisticated U.S. defense system called the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system, which is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles of longer range.

    Gates to discuss Arab upheaval with Saudi king 2011

  • Another iteration, developed by Dr. Hunter himself, was the Super High-Altitude Research Project SHARP, an homage to the original cannon in the late 1980s by Lawrence Livermore University.

    Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit (w/video) | Universe Today 2010

  • The record setting cannon for altitude of a projectile was the High-Altitude Research Project HARP cannon.

    Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit (w/video) | Universe Today 2010

  • Gypsum's High-Altitude Aviation Training Site also planned to drop off a rescue team at the top of Half Moon Pass.

    Summit Daily News - Top Stories 2010

  • In the past two years, Abu Dhabi has topped the list of foreign customers for U.S. arms, buying $17 billion worth of hardware, including Patriot antimissile batteries and an advanced antimissile system known as Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

  • "This was the first time ever that the same Global Hawk has taken off and landed in a single mission from Palmdale, heralding a new era of flights in and out of the facility," said George Guerra, Northrop Grumman vice president of High-Altitude, Long-Endurance systems.

    News 2010

  • In the past two years, Abu Dhabi has topped the list of foreign customers for U.S. arms, buying $17 billion worth of hardware, including Patriot antimissile batteries and an advanced antimissile system known as Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

  • In the past two years, Abu Dhabi has topped the list of foreign customers for U.S. arms, buying $17 billion worth of hardware, including Patriot antimissile batteries and an advanced antimissile system known as Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Joby Warrick 2010

  • In the past two years, Abu Dhabi has topped the list of foreign customers for U.S. arms, buying $17 billion worth of hardware, including Patriot antimissile batteries and an advanced antimissile system known as Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Joby Warrick 2010

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