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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Hypersonics don't make any sense against an airborne target. A b21 isn't going to have phalanx or anti missile missiles, so you might as well use a missile that costs 1% as much. But that's all assuming you get a perfect missile lock on the most stealthy aircraft ever, which would take an incredible confluence of bad luck and bad planning.

[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Hypersonics don’t make any sense against an airborne target.

Why not? Aren't all modern active counter measures dependent on reaction time? And isn't there simply a lot less reaction time against a hypersonic inbound?

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Hypersonic weapons go up way too high to be used on aircraft.

[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there some law of physics saying you can't target and destroy a plane from above?

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

From a ground launched system that requires a ballistic path to hit a agile moving target, it wouldn't be practical at Mach 6.

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