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Space Development Agency to deploy hypersonic missile defense satellites by 2022
Space Development Agency to deploy hypersonic missile defense satellites by 2022
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Thaad doesnt have the divert capabilities required to intercept high manuevering targets. SM3 is quite a bit different with that 3rd stage Mk136THAAD always struck me as the logically place to start just because it was endo/exo atmospheric capable out of the box, compared to SM-3's interceptor.
Thaad doesnt have the divert capabilities required to intercept high manuevering targets. SM3 is quite a bit different with that 3rd stage Mk136THAAD always struck me as the logically place to start just because it was endo/exo atmospheric capable out of the box, compared to SM-3's interceptor.
What envelope would it cater to that can't be covered byThaad doesnt have the divert capabilities required to intercept high manuevering targets. SM3 is quite a bit different with that 3rd stage Mk136THAAD always struck me as the logically place to start just because it was endo/exo atmospheric capable out of the box, compared to SM-3's interceptor.
SM-3 can't do anything inside the atmosphere. THAAD-ER, with the 2nd stage, would have lots of divert capability.
What envelope would it cater to that can't be covered byThaad doesnt have the divert capabilities required to intercept high manuevering targets. SM3 is quite a bit different with that 3rd stage Mk136THAAD always struck me as the logically place to start just because it was endo/exo atmospheric capable out of the box, compared to SM-3's interceptor.
SM-3 can't do anything inside the atmosphere. THAAD-ER, with the 2nd stage, would have lots of divert capability.
- SM-3 Blk 2A
- SM-6 Blk 1B (expecting its delta v to increase based on full bore sustainer motor)
Can't the latter do high endo interceptions (50-100km apogee)
It would provide a high degree commonality and eco of scale if so imho
Money has certainly moved in that direction.It's not clear to me they can use the same 21-inch booster for both
Money has certainly moved in that direction.It's not clear to me they can use the same 21-inch booster for both
Taking this modification into consideration, and the fact that the limiting effect of diameter is more on the motor than the propellant quantity carried, i'd say its safe to say they'll use the same unit for sustain operation of the flight in Sm3 2a and Sm6 1b, and not a different one for 21' Sm6 where the motor is somehow limited in its performance parameters vis-a-vis the 21' Sm3.
SpaceX winning a contract to build wide FoV, real-time detection and tracking sats seems like a pretty massive step up from their prior sat work. They must really have impressed with their proposal.
I find myself wondering if they can fit elements of the system on their Starlink sats.
A conventional SAR image would show a big, blurry streak down the middle of it. If you have good radar power and a cooperativeI wonder if there will be a SAR component?
Wouldn't they be monitoring higher altitude ballistic RVs/busses?I'm curious what the "deterrence layer" is in that graphic...
By the way, we launched hypersonic ASM:
They said 450 km in 4.5 minutes; so it averaged Mach 3.6?
Wouldn't they be monitoring higher altitude ballistic RVs/busses?I'm curious what the "deterrence layer" is in that graphic...
It's looks like SBIRS (Re)Low(ded)Wouldn't they be monitoring higher altitude ballistic RVs/busses?I'm curious what the "deterrence layer" is in that graphic...
So there's an SBIRs replacement?
They said 450 km in 4.5 minutes; so it averaged Mach 4.8?
Lockheed drafting proposal for sea-based PAC-3 to counter hypersonic threats
Lockheed Martin is drafting plans for a sea-based variant of its most advanced Patriot interceptor -- the Missile Segment Enhanced -- in response to the Missile Defense Agency's request for ideas on ways to defeat a hypersonic weapon during the terminal phase
During Flight Test Experimental Other (FEX)-01 in March 2020, an Aegis BMD destroyer engaged an HGV with a simulated SM-6 Dual II missile. The AN/ SPY‑6(V)1 Radar participated in the event.
The developmental AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar continues to track ballistic missiles during MDA flight tests. The radar detected and tracked the HGV target in FEX-01.