Unrelated but that reminds me of the cope around the hypersonic missile Russia has, the Kinzhal. The US was coping about it (they don’t have any yet) saying “technically all ICBMs are hypersonic at some point during their flight” lol
I looked that story up, it’s technically possible if the missile wasn’t doing hypersonic speeds. Apparently the latest Patriot systems (which Ukraine might not have, and their capabilities are probably hyped up too) can intercept missiles up to Mach 4 IIRC.
I can’t verify the speed of the Kinzal at the time it was supposedly shot down, I doubt Russia would release this information. Still seems like a lot of concordant coincidences though for it to happen
Alternatively it might be pure saturation, iirc they launched something like 30 patriots, and the interception is still not confirmed so all might missed.
Unrelated but that reminds me of the cope around the hypersonic missile Russia has, the Kinzhal. The US was coping about it (they don’t have any yet) saying “technically all ICBMs are hypersonic at some point during their flight” lol
I have friends who unironically believe a patriot missile system shot down a kinzal 💀.
I looked that story up, it’s technically possible if the missile wasn’t doing hypersonic speeds. Apparently the latest Patriot systems (which Ukraine might not have, and their capabilities are probably hyped up too) can intercept missiles up to Mach 4 IIRC.
I can’t verify the speed of the Kinzal at the time it was supposedly shot down, I doubt Russia would release this information. Still seems like a lot of concordant coincidences though for it to happen
I don’t think anti missiles systems of of any country have evolved to strike out hypersonic weapons except that of S500 and later versions.
Alternatively it might be pure saturation, iirc they launched something like 30 patriots, and the interception is still not confirmed so all might missed.