Missile Defense Systems

The cluster centers on discussions about missile interception and defense technologies, including systems like Patriot, Iron Dome, CIWS, anti-radiation missiles, and their effectiveness against ballistic, cruise, hypersonic, and other missile types.

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readonthegoapp Jan 29, 2023 View on HN

don't missile get intercepted now all the time?

ahupp Sep 25, 2020 View on HN

The Drive has a series of detailed articles about this kind of missle:https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31409/everything-we-kn...

scottLobster Jun 12, 2021 View on HN

Yes, term you're looking for is anti-radiarion missiles, they've been around for a little while https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-radiation_missile?wprov=s...

moralestapia Nov 23, 2024 View on HN

Has it been demoed/tested against hypersonic missiles?

mikeash Oct 23, 2017 View on HN

Missiles do that job just fine.

dexen Mar 28, 2019 View on HN

Did you say Sprint missiles?https://youtu.be/xZTjA44T6tY?t=93

aero-glide2 May 30, 2021 View on HN

Don't Air-to-Air missiles already do this? (fire and forget)

tim333 Feb 27, 2022 View on HN

Surface to air missiles are a thing.

cwillu Jan 1, 2026 View on HN

Shooting down missiles is what this is for.

option_greek Jan 8, 2020 View on HN

Since its a surface to surface missile, does it really matter ? :)