Posted on 11/06/2023 4:10:31 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Space has become the new theater of war after Israel shot down a rocket soaring 'outside of Earth's atmosphere.'
The Israel Defense (IDF) revealed last week that its Arrow missile defense system took down an 'aerial threat' allegedly fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
While details are sparse, the accepted boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space is 62 miles above the surface, known as the Kármán line.
IDF said the Arrow intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the Red Sea fired towards its territory after the rocket traveled nearly 1,000 miles from Yemen.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed it was the third attack the group had launched at Israel and vowed there would be more to come until 'Israeli aggression' stopped, referring to the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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IIRC a F-14 used a hypersonic Phoenix missile to down a satellite during a test back in the last century.
“The USA with printed money and Israeli tech, but close.”
USA money and tech.
“Also, why would you shoot a missile into LEO if one is targeting Israel from Yemen?”
1. We shot down their low altitude cruise middle.
2. These skirmishes are test beds for the big powers. Let us test the capability of the West to shoot down ballistic missles.
The Scuds used during Desert Strom from Iraq only had a 800 mile range.
When these surface to surface missiles were introduced intercepting a ballistic attack was outside the capabilities of most air defense systems to counter.
It was not until 1986 that the US Patriot system received an upgrade so it could counter ballistic missile threats
And Clinton saw to it that China was a player in missile technology.
You’re right, first one in ANGER.
Well, no. But whatever makes you feel good.
There certainly was shared tech, but it’s mainly the other direction.
We just don’t produce remotely the quality of engineers they do anymore.
“There certainly was shared tech, but it’s mainly the other direction.”
All the Israeli systems are built using US tech. They don’t have the capability to do it alone.
You don’t know what you are talking about.
Current record for highest altitude of a non-rocket-assisted aircraft is the MiG-25 at ~123,000 ft. These US have the F-104 at just over 100M ft, and the SR-71 at 85M officially, but she’s probably been a good bit higher too.
The foxbat and starfighter records are meh though, as both of those were zoom climbs of specially modified aircraft. The SR-71 was one of the normal planes, and just flew at that height.
Theoretically, scramjets are going to top out around 150M,mayybe 200M ft. No airbreother is going to fly in space. There’s no air, duh.
IDF said the Arrow intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the Red Sea fired towards its territory after the rocket traveled nearly 1,000 miles from Yemen.
It was NOT 62 miles high at the intercept point!
Well; it does - if you read ALL the words.
Indeed!
That what the Gaza/Hamas dudes thought; too.
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