We have a plane that is the successor to the U-2 that does this, and it flies too high and too fast to shoot down or catch.
We actually have technology way beyond the scope of what the general public can imagine in their wildest dreams.
So do some of our ‘enemies’ and neither will put it to use unless necessary. Using these technologies would expose them and render them more or less useless, in a sense.
I can tell you that the Russians used a particle beam weapon to shoot down one of their old satellites, and did it over the U.S. where we could see it. The inventor defected and was helping us build one so we could put them back in check.
Now, here is the part you won’t like and probably will not believe. This happened over 25 years ago. I watched it happen.
We have a plane that is the successor to the U-2 that does this, and it flies too high and too fast to shoot down or catch.==
Russia too has missiles which goes the sinusoide path on hypersomic speeds in the stratosphere. Anyway the new russian airaircraft missiles catch them. Simple if AA missile goes 1 km/sec no airplane may get away of it. But even 20 years old S-200 could do it. That is why United States did never send no aircraft over Soviet Union.
Modern Russian S-400 missiles can go 3-5 km/sec in stratosphere. So you see.
Accualy new american ABM missiles may do same speed like S-400. SO no wonder that no airplane can get away.