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Which kind of target is harder to intercept?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ronny" data-source="post: 439615" data-attributes="member: 14407"><blockquote data-quote="GARGEAN" data-source="post: 439597" data-attributes="member: 12566"><p>Little corrections: those speeds are not for launch altitudes but for flight altitude. AShM launched from ship can have lo/lo or hi/lo trajectory, same goes for air launched.</p></blockquote><p>I guess, but isn't missile launched from high altitude have additional potential energy to increase its terminal speed</p><blockquote data-quote="GARGEAN" data-source="post: 439597" data-attributes="member: 12566"><p>As for question - near Mach 2 flying at low altitude and maneuvering is MUCH harder target than high flying Mach 3.5-4. Problems for defender might start at Mach 5 and higher, cuz not a lot of systems today can work with such fast atmospheric targets.</p></blockquote><p>So with the exception of Rocks, all others missiles in my list are harder to intercept when launched and fly at low altitude?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ronny, post: 439615, member: 14407"] [QUOTE="GARGEAN, post: 439597, member: 12566"] Little corrections: those speeds are not for launch altitudes but for flight altitude. AShM launched from ship can have lo/lo or hi/lo trajectory, same goes for air launched. [/QUOTE] I guess, but isn't missile launched from high altitude have additional potential energy to increase its terminal speed [QUOTE="GARGEAN, post: 439597, member: 12566"] As for question - near Mach 2 flying at low altitude and maneuvering is MUCH harder target than high flying Mach 3.5-4. Problems for defender might start at Mach 5 and higher, cuz not a lot of systems today can work with such fast atmospheric targets. [/QUOTE] So with the exception of Rocks, all others missiles in my list are harder to intercept when launched and fly at low altitude? [/QUOTE]
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