There are actually working mid-course and close range interception systems, although the extreme cost and complexity of the systems means they have limited utility. The interception systems rely on the predictable ballistic path of the warheads and terminal guidance systems and although some limited maneuver capability is built into those ballistic missile systems and makes interception more difficult, they can still be intercepted. Hyper-sonic glide vehicles are extremely maneuverable by comparison and as a consequence are nearly impossible to intercept.
Well (ironically) Arleigh Burke destroyers now have ABM capabilities, I believe they’ve intercepted a few of them (and a satellite.) …and no, don’t think of the satellite as a stationary object. As far as the ship and missile are concerned, it was traveling at ~17,000mph
An American documentary with a Russian subtitles...ok
It's so the Russians know what we know. Spooky.
This is why I don't get the poi t of hypersonic glide missiles. These already are hypersonic travelling Mach 23 plus. No one is intercepting them
There are actually working mid-course and close range interception systems, although the extreme cost and complexity of the systems means they have limited utility. The interception systems rely on the predictable ballistic path of the warheads and terminal guidance systems and although some limited maneuver capability is built into those ballistic missile systems and makes interception more difficult, they can still be intercepted. Hyper-sonic glide vehicles are extremely maneuverable by comparison and as a consequence are nearly impossible to intercept.
@@Snipe4261 Glide vehicles also aide in striking moving targets (e.g., warships).
Well (ironically) Arleigh Burke destroyers now have ABM capabilities, I believe they’ve intercepted a few of them (and a satellite.) …and no, don’t think of the satellite as a stationary object. As far as the ship and missile are concerned, it was traveling at ~17,000mph