Despite advancements, such as the U.S. Navy’s HELIOS system and the Army’s IFPC-HEL, today's lasers can't yet reliably stop hypersonic threats.
  • knightly [none/use any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Against hypersonics, this isn’t really a solution.

    The missiles are designed to force their way through thousands of pounds of air per second. Adding a few ounces of lead and/or hardened steel in the last few milliseconds before impact won’t do much.