▲ 176 ▼ Yemen releases new photos of their "Palestine-2" hypersonic ballistic missile which hit Israel yesterday (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago by Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments Incredible things are happening in Yemen
[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yemen has hypersonic missiles before the US does? multipolar world let's goooo permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Not really, it's "just" a ballistic missile that reaches a hypersonic velocity at some point in its flight, likely in the terminal phase. Russia did get a "true" hypersonic weapon before the US though, in the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. From visual inspection and the statement from Ansar Allah, this appears to be the combination of two different Iranian ballistic missile designs. Quite ingenious. I'll post further analysis in the news megathread and link it here shortly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) What’s the difference between a “true” hypersonic missile and this? Genuine question, I know nothing about missiles permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] puff@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago The speed is the easy part, travelling in a straight line. The difficult part is getting the rocket to manoeuvre at high speed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bdazman@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Terminal situational awareness, terminal maneuver capability, and terminal range extension are all traits typical of the modern definition of a hypersonic weapon in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Going really fast isn't helpful if you're not capable of steering at that speed. The V2 was technically a hypersonic missile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Not really, it's "just" a ballistic missile that reaches a hypersonic velocity at some point in its flight, likely in the terminal phase. Russia did get a "true" hypersonic weapon before the US though, in the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. From visual inspection and the statement from Ansar Allah, this appears to be the combination of two different Iranian ballistic missile designs. Quite ingenious. I'll post further analysis in the news megathread and link it here shortly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) What’s the difference between a “true” hypersonic missile and this? Genuine question, I know nothing about missiles permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] puff@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago The speed is the easy part, travelling in a straight line. The difficult part is getting the rocket to manoeuvre at high speed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bdazman@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Terminal situational awareness, terminal maneuver capability, and terminal range extension are all traits typical of the modern definition of a hypersonic weapon in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Going really fast isn't helpful if you're not capable of steering at that speed. The V2 was technically a hypersonic missile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) What’s the difference between a “true” hypersonic missile and this? Genuine question, I know nothing about missiles permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] puff@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago The speed is the easy part, travelling in a straight line. The difficult part is getting the rocket to manoeuvre at high speed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bdazman@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Terminal situational awareness, terminal maneuver capability, and terminal range extension are all traits typical of the modern definition of a hypersonic weapon in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Going really fast isn't helpful if you're not capable of steering at that speed. The V2 was technically a hypersonic missile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] puff@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago The speed is the easy part, travelling in a straight line. The difficult part is getting the rocket to manoeuvre at high speed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bdazman@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Terminal situational awareness, terminal maneuver capability, and terminal range extension are all traits typical of the modern definition of a hypersonic weapon in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago Going really fast isn't helpful if you're not capable of steering at that speed. The V2 was technically a hypersonic missile. permalink fedilink source parent