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Something going mach 5+ is going to be extremely difficult to shoot down. Typically, they boost up to high altitudes then come back down to lower altitudes to
by enkid 5y ago
Something going mach 5+ is going to be extremely difficult to shoot down. Typically, they boost up to high altitudes then come back down to lower altitudes to actually strike the target (boost glide). Looks like the air force is also developing a cruise missile which would fly at lower altitudes.
- sudosysgen 5y agoIt's not that hard to hit something going Mach 5 or so at high altitude. That translates to speeds of just over 5000km/h. The really hard thing is to hit targets that go close to orbital velocity (for example when trying to hit a hypersonic missile going 11 000km/h+ or a ballistic missile going 20 000km/h.