The picture shows the Dagger missile
Missile is a major military invention of mankind in the 20th century. After the emergence of missiles, it changed the rules of war. The traditional theory of intensive firepower coverage and firepower victory began to develop towards precision strikes. In the past, hundreds of artillery shells were needed to Destroyed military targets now only require one missile to annihilate them. While missiles are developing, anti-missile technology is also developing continuously. Now the mainstream method is to speed up the flight speed of missiles to achieve the purpose of breaking through the defense network and hitting the target. Global comparison The Russian dagger is more powerful. This is China's fastest missile, but it is not the Dongfeng 17.
The picture shows Dongfeng 17
Speaking of the fastest flying missiles, many people will think of hypersonic missiles , such as the Dagger missile developed by Russia, China Dongfeng 17, etc. The characteristic of hypersonic missiles is that the flight speed exceeds 5 times the speed of sound. Generally, The flight speed of the missile is only subsonic , high subsonic speed and supersonic speed. The speed will not exceed 5 times the speed of sound. Hypersonic missiles rely on their extremely fast flight speed to make ordinary missiles unable to effectively intercept. Therefore, this kind of weapon " It has the ability to change the rules of the game.”
The picture shows the intercontinental missile
For example, Russia's Pioneer hypersonic missile is a rare strategic strike weapon. Russia's evaluation of this weapon is very "special". It can arrive in the United States in 15 minutes after launch. Washington, the capital, has a very obvious targeting effect. It was once considered the fastest missile in the world. Because it was too fast, the US Patriot 3, THAAD , and Aegis systems could not effectively intercept it. However, it is actually faster than hypersonic missiles. Missiles that are faster than missiles have always existed, but what exactly are they? The weapon
is a medium-to-long-range ballistic missile. Generally, this type of weapon has a flight trajectory similar to a parabola and can hit targets 4,000 to 8,000 kilometers away. This type of missile has a characteristic. Usually during the acceleration stage of advancement, the missile flight time is 3 Within 5 minutes, the missile will fly to an altitude of 150 to 400 kilometers above the ground. When the fuel is burned out, the missile can reach a speed of 7 kilometers per second. Entering the midway stage, the missile will fly suborbitally along the outside of the atmosphere.
The picture shows the intercontinental missile
After the missile enters the re-entry stage, starting from an altitude of 150 kilometers from the ground, it only takes about 2 minutes to hit the ground, and the speed of hitting the ground must exceed 5 kilometers per second. Taking the Sarmat heavy-duty silo-based liquid intercontinental missile equipped by Russia as an example, when this missile is flying at its terminal, the missile's fastest speed exceeds Mach 20, while the Pioneer hypersonic missile equipped by Russia has a flight speed of no more than Mach 15, so Faster than the Vanguard missile. Why does
cause this difference? Mainly because hypersonic missiles fly within the atmosphere and need to constantly resist wind resistance. Strong wind resistance makes the missile fly faster in the atmosphere, and the technical difficulty becomes higher. The ballistic missile starts to land from suborbital , it hits the target vertically at the end, and there is no need to consider too much wind resistance, so the missile speed can be faster. Usually during the flight of the intercontinental missile at the end, the missile defense network cannot intercept it because the speed is too fast. China has such weapons.
