The United States has finally learned how to intercept medium-range ballistic missiles with the GMD system

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The American corporation Boeing circulated a message about the successful interception of a target simulating a medium-range ballistic missile by a GMD anti-missile system. Missile defense experts, while applauding this achievement, emphasize its belatedness and, in fact, uselessness.

The essence of such statements is explained simply: until recently, the GMD anti-missile system required the launch of all three stages to intercept a target. This created a large dead zone, eliminating the possibility of finishing off targets that were not immediately intercepted.



During the last attempt, the States managed to confirm the possibility of using the modified GBI booster with only two stages, without launching a third. But the problem is that this technology is already seriously outdated.

Experts explain that the GMD system in its current form has no military meaning even against the DPRK. The fact is that it is capable of intercepting, at best, several monoblock intercontinental ballistic missiles without decoy systems. However, this possibility was almost never tested; they mainly worked on medium-range ballistic missiles.

Boeing does not explain why it has been persistently testing the outdated system until recently. It is possible that banal perfectionism was to blame.
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  1. Sergey Latyshev
    Sergey Latyshev
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    12 December 2023 12: 45
    So long ago we wrote that ballistic targets are practically unbreakable. A dozen targets fall from a height of about 1000 km (at amazing speed), and they also twitch chaotically. And which of them are still real...
    So what are you going to do?
    Israel recently boasted. I shot down one. Already an achievement.
    1. sannyhome
      sannyhome
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      12 December 2023 19: 57
      Quote: Sergey Latyshev
      So long ago we wrote that ballistic targets are practically unbreakable.

      Well, as if they were not so indestructible... the Houthis fired missiles several times - all of them were shot down. Israel shot down once, a French destroyer shot down once, the Americans shot down the rest all times, not a single one reached Israel..
      1. svoroponov
        svoroponov
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        13 December 2023 00: 50
        Even if they all made it, they will say they shot them down. Information war.
  2. svoroponov
    svoroponov
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    12 December 2023 13: 27
    ......The American corporation Boeing circulated the message........

    Anything can be replicated. But until this development enters service, it will be of no use. And having entered, she may die quietly in one or two years, since what she was prepared for is not very accessible to her. But the funds have already been disbursed and written off, and so that there is no investigation into where the money went, she was accepted as a diversion as if for armament. This is far from the first time for the USA.
  3. Pembo
    Pembo
    -1
    12 December 2023 16: 44
    The Northern Military District has dispelled many myths about our army; what remains is the myth about the Strategic Missile Forces.
    1. svoroponov
      svoroponov
      0
      13 December 2023 01: 07
      Want to try this myth? And what myths did the SVO dispel?
      The main thing is to print and at least grass won’t grow there.
      There is a maneuverable war going on with a strong enemy, who is being helped by many strong countries. There are restrictions on the use of weapons to preserve the lives and partially the living conditions of the local population. We adopted the principle of active defense to exhaust and destroy the enemy and preserve our personnel as much as possible.
      Over the course of 2.5 years of war, just over a million enemy troops were destroyed, wounded or went missing (they themselves mentioned this there), and a lot of enemy equipment was destroyed, including the vaunted Western one. We quickly adapted to conducting battles using various UAVs and other similar equipment, and launched the production of successful equipment at home. Yes, a lot of things have been done and are being done.
      Our enemy has many myths. They are already in Crimea and preparing a parade on Red Square. Are you not writing from them? And it somehow smelled of Ukrainianness.
  4. sannyhome
    sannyhome
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    12 December 2023 19: 55
    Sad news....

    But the problem is that this technology is already seriously outdated.

    The question is what the anti-missile warhead is equipped with. If you use ammunition that operates over a large area/volume, then against a massive attack it is normal.
  5. Fizik13
    Fizik13
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    13 December 2023 20: 16
    The United States has finally learned how to intercept medium-range ballistic missiles with the GMD system

    There will be more or there will be more oh, oh, oh...............
  6. boriz
    boriz
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    14 December 2023 09: 29
    Even the Iskander and Dagger have a quasi-ballistic trajectory, that is, they can change direction as they move towards the target. They are also capable of shooting false targets.
    The first hypersonic missiles that appeared in China, North Korea and Iran are also similar to Iskander/Kinzhal. And, apparently, they have the same capabilities.
    This is not to mention our long-range missiles and Avangard.
    So the guys are several decades behind.
    But the tests were carried out because the topic had to be closed. For it, money was received and “mastered.”
    Now we need new money. And with them the hegemon was no longer so at ease. Soon there will be no time for missile defense.