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To: Yo-Yo

Not really, at these speeds the warship is a large stationary target.


82 posted on 12/27/2018 10:33:22 AM PST by jpsb
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To: jpsb
Not really, at these speeds the warship is a large stationary target.

That must be precisely targeted from over the horizon to within 100 yards if the missile is a kinetic or conventional explosive device.

Anti-ship missiles have on-board terminal IR or Radar guidance to precisely target the ship. A hypersonic missile would have great difficulty trying to use either effectively, or to make the incredibly small adjustments to their flight path in such a short period of time.

85 posted on 12/27/2018 10:52:01 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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