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I don't understand the purpose of having a missile that fast.

• scanny 5y ago
  More speed = more difficult to both intercept and detect (less response time). Not sure what the commercial applications would be though.
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• jahewson 5y ago
  Nothing can shoot it down (yet).
• nimbius 5y ago
  Missile interception technology like aegis relies on other ships detection and coordination with onboard defenses in an aegis fleet network. Faster missiles mean a solution may be coordinated or countermeasure plotted too slowly to have any effect, or to arm things like CIWS countermeasures. hypersonics, simply put, can sink US aircraft carriers before their protective fleet can take action, effectively neutralizing US presence in a region.
  • JumpCrisscross 5y ago
    > hypersonics, simply put, can sink US aircraft carriers before their protective fleet can take action Hypersonic missions are slower than ballistic missiles. Their advantage isn’t speed per se, but in being able to fly under the horizon for longer. They’re also more manoeuvrable, though at those airspeeds you’re somewhat limited in this domain.