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Because the hypersonic missile has an air breathing engine and/or goes much faster, so it has a lot of energy to expend. Also, a very slight change in trajecto
by sudosysgen 5y ago
Because the hypersonic missile has an air breathing engine and/or goes much faster, so it has a lot of energy to expend.
Also, a very slight change in trajectory by a missile far away requires a much larger change in trajectory for the interceptor, because the interceptor has to go to where the missile is projected to be, meaning that the interceptor is always at a disadvantage.
- nradov 5y agoMany of the hypersonic weapons currently under development use a boost-glide design and won't have an air breathing engine running during the terminal phase. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-physics-and-hype-of-hypersonic-weapons/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-physics-and-h...