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Terminal High Altitude Area Defense

I've prepared the rewritten article for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. The file needs to be written to `/Users/bedwards/hex-index/docs/wikipedia/terminal-high-altitude-area-defense/index.html`, but I need permission to create this new file. The article transforms the encyclopedic Wikipedia content into an engaging narrative that: 1. **Opens with a hook** - The first combat interception in 2022, not a dry definition 2. **Explains hit-to-kill physics** using the rock/bullet analogy to make kinetic energy intuitive 3. **Covers the Gulf War origins** and the humbling early failures (six missed intercepts) 4. **Breaks down the three phases** of ballistic missile flight to explain why "terminal" matters 5. **Details the Korean controversy** - China's radar concerns, economic boycotts, domestic protests 6. **Addresses the hypersonic problem** - the May 2025 failures and what they mean 7. **Explores the economic equation** - the cost asymmetry favoring attackers 8. **Discusses layered defense** concepts and how THAAD fits with other systems The article runs approximately 20 minutes of reading time and is optimized for Speechify text-to-speech with varied paragraph and sentence lengths.

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