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To: McGruff

Aegis, our current naval anti-missile defense system, tracks missiles and projects their course and speed. Regardless how fast that missile is traveling, if a ship fires an anti-missile missile that will intercept the missile along it’s project flight path, it will shoot the missile down. If the hyper-sonic missile is fired close enough that there is not enough reaction time than countermeasures include the AN-SLQ-32 to jam the missile, the phalanx system to track and shoot-down the missile, as well as Chaff.

If an extended range Standard missile (SM-6) can intercept a ballistic missile than it can intercept a hypersonic missile. Remember Ukraine shoot down Russian hypersonic missiles using the Patriot system.


43 posted on 05/09/2024 10:55:57 AM PDT by MichaelRDanger
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To: MichaelRDanger

No it can’t shoot down a hypersonic cruise missile. Not with its current capabilities.


51 posted on 05/09/2024 6:22:38 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: MichaelRDanger

The story about the Patriot shooting down the Kinzhal missiles is YouTube/Business Insider propaganda garbage.


54 posted on 05/09/2024 6:39:34 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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