I meant to convey that the headline, "SpaceX launches military satellites tuned to track hypersonic missiles" makes it sound like we will have military satellit

I meant to convey that the headline, "SpaceX launches military satellites tuned to track hypersonic missiles" makes it sound like we will have military satellites in position to counter Russian/Chinese/?'s hypersonic missiles, but this is in the deployment, pre-testing phase, so I am intimating it may seem to relieve the scare that has been in the media about hypersonic missiles, but it is 'false reassurance' because it is not a proven system. The headline would better read: "SpaceX launches military satellites tuned to track hypersonic missiles for testing", or something to that effect. Hypersonic missiles fly low and fast and are highly maneuverable, and given one hasn't been verified as shot down to date (I wouldn't include Ukraine's press release of shooting down 6 Russian Kinzhal missiles), should lend some skepticism about how effective we would be in countering them. Even Israel's Iron Dome lets missiles through and those are old tech. I agree with your last line, although tracking is one thing. Predicting trajectory is another, and hypersonics are maneuverable enough to thwart predictive trajectory intercepts.