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?
Goes against logic, A Russian Hypersonic missile traveling at 9.4 Mach or roughly around 7000MPH, id take bets that they couldn’t even shoot down one, let alone 6 LOL
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 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.