US officials claim that the Patriot missile system can be successfully employed against hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles. The Joint All-Domain Command and Control can be used to spot and intercept targets including hypersonic technologies.
It’s not just a claim. “Hypersonic” ballistics like the Kinzhal are not real hypersonics. It’s just a faster ballistic missile because they launch it from a plane. Being ballistic makes it easy to intercept.
When people talk about hypersonics as a future weapon, they are talking about hypersonic glide vehicles. Not an Iskander strapped to a plane.
…Says the user who just posted a story sourced from Russian state media.
(Not that the report is necessarily wrong, or that US claims are necessarily true—but you’re applying a bit of a double standard with your instant dismissal.)
Per Wikipedia:
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It’s not just a claim. “Hypersonic” ballistics like the Kinzhal are not real hypersonics. It’s just a faster ballistic missile because they launch it from a plane. Being ballistic makes it easy to intercept.
When people talk about hypersonics as a future weapon, they are talking about hypersonic glide vehicles. Not an Iskander strapped to a plane.
…Says the user who just posted a story sourced from Russian state media.
(Not that the report is necessarily wrong, or that US claims are necessarily true—but you’re applying a bit of a double standard with your instant dismissal.)