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.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) was launched in 2013 (Source: EPA/VNA)

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.