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Military.com: Why Russia's Hypersonic Missiles Can't Be Seen on Radar
The age of Russian superweapons is upon us -- at least that's what President Vladimir Putin wants us to believe.
And they are cause for concern because the United States' traditional early warning systems might not be able to see those weapons coming.
Hypersonic weapons such as Russia's 3M22 Zircon fly so fast and low -- at speeds of up to Mach 6 and at a low atmospheric-ballistic trajectory -- that they can penetrate traditional anti-missile defense systems.
The missile flies with an advanced fuel that the Russians say gives it a range of up to 1,000 kilometers. And it's so fast that the air pressure in front of the weapon forms a plasma cloud as it moves, absorbing radio waves and making it practically invisible to active radar systems.
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WNU Editor: A good explanation on why this missile system, once fully deployed, will be a game changer.
6 comments:
Advanced fuel.
Wonder what the dump looks like near the factory.
Perhaps they create a bubble through which they fly, really, really fast, with the added benefit of not being seen.
Maybe. We will see it launch, then all hell will break loose.
That is what I was thinking Dave.
We watch for ICBMS by looking for their exhaust plumes starting at lift off. The hypersonic missile will have have some sort of plume.
The Russians and later the Iranians claimed that they could see our stealth aircraft. And you can. One way is to place the radar installation closer together, which puts the stealth craft more at risk, but which also increases the cost for the defense.
Maybe some people, some day, will learn why it is called the electromagnetic spectrum.
War has no end till the devil dies
And man killing man is your biggest mistake fools
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