The
U.S. Army developed the system and remains responsible for its use by
air defense artillery in theater and tactical applications. As a component of national ballistic missile defense, the U.S.
Missile Defense Agency is responsible for AN/TPY-2 applications. It has been deployed in Japan to collect strategic-level information on North Korean missile developments, as well as warning Japan of incoming warheads. Also, AN/TPY-2 radar in Shariki region is able to scan Russian territory near Japan. Japan has bought both PAC-3 for point defense, and is upgrading the AEGIS systems on its s so they can use the longer-range
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 theater ballistic missile defence. An AN/TPY-2 is based in Alaska as part of
United States national missile defense development. The U.S. has agreed to provide the system to Israel, complementing their two-tier
Arrow 2 missile and Patriot PAC-3 missile defense. The TPY-2 complements the fixed AN/FPS-129 HAVE STARE X-band "large dish" radar, located at
Vandenberg Space Force Base in
California. Smaller mobile X-band dishes, not yet designated, may also be paired with the AN/TPY-2. The
1st Space Brigade now supervises U.S. Army TPY-2 radar sites (batteries) in Qatar, Turkey, and Israel (13th Missile Defence Battery).
Losses At least one radar was hit and apparently destroyed in March 2026 from a retaliation by Iran on a
THAAD fire unit at the
Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Another radar system was apparently hit at
Prince Sultan Air Base in the early days of the
2026 Iran war. It was unclear if the system was owned by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia. ==References==