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Patri­ot sys­tems not desi­gned for inter­cep­ti­on of Rus­si­an intermediate-range mis­si­les, but Ukrai­ne may try, expert says 

Des­pi­te not being desi­gned for this task, Ukrai­ni­an experts sug­gest the Patri­ot mis­si­le sys­tem could attempt to inter­cept Rus­si­an medium-range mis­si­les to pro­tect Ukrai­ni­an territory.

src: click (Euro­mai­d­an­press)

Ukrai­ne wants THAAD mis­si­le sys­tem or Patri­ot upgrade, after attack by new Rus­si­an missile

src: click (Ukrain­s­ka Pravda)

The rea­son is rapid iden­ti­fi­ca­ti­on because -

Speed Air defen­ces can­not inter­cept the Oresh­nik, which attacks at a speed of Mach 10, or 2.5-3 kilo­me­tres (1.6-1.9 miles) per second, Putin said.

src: click (Fran­ce 24)

To which Ukrai­ne replied, yes, yes, but the mis­si­le was laun­ched 2250km(/2?) away!

edit: Wait, what?

The mis­si­le was laun­ched from Astrak­han Oblast, likely from the Kapus­tin Yar trai­ning ground.

src: click

= 790km distance

While this makes sen­se, becau­se the rocket has to fly in a para­bo­la to attain its final speed, ehm…

Wit­hin the U.S. Depart­ment of Defen­se, a medi­um-ran­ge mis­si­le is defi­ned by having a maxi­mum ran­ge of bet­ween 1,000 and 3,000 kilometres

src: click

So - does this mean, that this now was a short ran­ge mis­si­le? 🙂 You know, like the ones the US green­lit for use insi­de Rus­sia… Kinda.. 😉

The Rus­si­an mis­si­le that struck the Ukrai­ni­an city of Dnipro on Thurs­day reached a top speed of more than 13,000 kph (8,000 mph) and took about 15 minu­tes to reach its tar­get from its launch, Ukrai­ne said on Fri­day in its first public assess­ment of the new weapon.

src: click (Reu­ters)

The fol­lowing is pro­bab­ly pro­pa­gan­da, but still…

Ukrai­ne has demons­tra­ted its abi­li­ty to inter­cept Russia’s hyper­so­nic mis­si­les, rely­ing on advan­ced sys­tems such as the US-made Patri­ot and the SAMP-T sys­tems pro­vi­ded by Fran­ce and Ita­ly. Accord­ing to Ukrai­ne, it can inter­cept around 25% of mis­si­les like the Kinzhal and Zir­con. Howe­ver, suc­cess­ful inter­cep­ti­on requi­res pre­cise intel­li­gence, rapid iden­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, and the simul­ta­ne­ous deploy­ment of near­ly all 32 Patri­ot launchers.

src: click (india.com)

25% Suc­cess­ra­te surely is after satu­ra­ting air defen­ses with dro­nes and crui­se mis­si­les, which means that the Kinzhal and Zir­con hyper­so­nic mis­si­les math doesnt work out cost bene­fit wise.

Mean­while the Rhein­me­tall stock did not­hing but rise, while they arran­ged secu­ri­ty part­ners­hips that would pro­du­ce kit insi­de Ukraine…

Veröffentlicht by me am Sonntag, 24. November 2024 unter Allgemein, Media.