Patriot missiles shot Down 6 hypersonic missiles?? Really?
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Would like some commentary on Ukraine shooting Down not one hypersonic missile but six!! Is the patriot system capable of doing this or is this just hyperbole propaganda? Me thinks this was just a plan by Russia to get Ukraine to use up as many Patriot missiles as possible. Then get a line on where to target to take out the patriot system. Thoughts?
You're firing them AT each other so the intercepting missile can be moving slower than the faster target missile and still hit it.
the Russian Hypersonic missiles have an unpredictable flight path which makes it even more difficult to intercept, assuming that the missile had a direct path with no deterrent countermeasures you might be right, however target acquisition on a missile flying at nearly 7000mph with an unpredictable flight path would be extremely difficult to intercept, and in my mind most likely not be done with ease back to back 6 times in a row.
As the missile gets closer and closer to the target, it will have a reverse cone of evasion shrinking as it gets closer to the target in which it can operate while still being able to hit the target.
If the patriot missile system is intercepting at a late stage of the Russian missile's flight ( and since the targets may well be the patriot missile system), then it may increase the odds substantially that the patriot system could intercept the missile in some cases.
That said, I'm convinced the patriot missile system's combat effectiveness has been severely degraded or completely neutralized at this point in the conflict.
I’m definitely more open to the possibility after realizing that these Hypersonic missiles might be carried nearer to their target by a much slower rocket, if that’s the case I’d think it would shift into the realm of possibility
Side note: Great discussion on this subject guys, I’ve learned a lot
I agree with you. Can you hit a Kinzhal with a Patriot? I believe it's possible under the right conditions and you fire off a salvo of them. Is it practical to fire 30 Patriots for 1 or 2 hypersonic missiles? No.
Just to clarify, I, nor anyone else in this thread except for you said "back to back 6 times in a row". In another reply I stated, "it's not impossible". I'm aware the Kinzhal flies in a unpredictable manner, but I'm also aware that it flies normally until it gets closer to the target. If you fire a hypersonic missile over a Patriot battery you didn't know was there and it hadn't yet started flying evasively, you COULD POSSIBLY intercept that missile.
Watch a video of Patriot missiles in Saudi Arabia intercepting scuds. The US Army would fire of several missiles and one would strike a scud and the next Patriot would start turning wildly to orient itself to the next incoming scud. I was impressed with how hard they would turn at almost Mach 3 and those were the older and slower PAC-1's.
I know that Ukraine "supposedly" shot down a Kinzhal with a Patriot, but as for them shooting down 5 more, I haven't seen any evidence. I view it as propaganda similar to the Ghost of Kiev nonsense.
I’m definitely more open to the possibility after realizing that these Hypersonic missiles might be carried nearer to their target by a much slower rocket, if that’s the case I’d think it would shift into the realm of possibility
The Russians are launching them from Mig-31s and Tu-22s.
No. You are then trying to engage a target presenting a tiny radar cross-section, coming straight at you, at a closing speed of maybe Mach 15 in the lower atmosphere (maximum drag). How good are your reflexes? It would be miraculous if Patriot could engage one successfully. And fuze correctly.