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Yes but all you need to do to the missile is perturb its flight or damage its steering fins causing it to miss - you don't need to blow it up.
by walshemj 9y ago
Yes but all you need to do to the missile is perturb its flight or damage its steering fins causing it to miss - you don't need to blow it up.
- gnode 9y agoBallistic missiles often don't have steering fins, and are guided using thrust vectoring. Also, missile defence often has to take place in the terminal stage of flight (e.g. THAAD), where the missile is carried to its target by its momentum, as you can't station your defence system in your enemy's territory.
- walshemj 9y agoI was talking about PD (point defence) on the battle field where your not targeting ICBM's but RPG's, MANPADS and CPR rounds mortar's especially