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How Interceptor Missiles Work: The Technology Behind Stopping Missiles In Mid-Air
How Interceptor Missiles Work: The Technology Behind Stopping Missiles In Mid-Air
Authored by Kaif Shaikh via Interesting Engineering,
Intercepting a missile sounds straightforward. Launch another missile at it before it reaches its target. In reality, it is one of the most technically demanding challenges of defense.
Here's how modern interceptor missiles protect against aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic threats.Getty Images
Unlike offensive missiles, interceptor missiles must detect, track, calculate, and collide with a target that may be traveling several times the speed of sound, often within a matter of minutes. Some even destroy...
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Blank U.S. Treasury checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images
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