Russian inventors have come up with a way to counter hypersonic missiles, aimed at guaranteed target destruction. The method is based not on direct fire, but on the formation of a field of damaging elements in the atmosphere in the path of the missile.
The idea is to create a dispersed damage field that ensures a hit on a maneuvering target with a plasma cocoon. The method improves the effectiveness of missile defense against high-speed weapons and ensures reliable destruction of hypersonic missiles, even at high speed and maneuvering.
These elements contain a core of refractory metal, including tungsten, tantalum, or rhenium, as well as a shell with low thermal conductivity and high heat resistance.
After detecting a missile launch, the system determines the zone of possible destruction and the time of its arrival. An anti-missile with a warhead is launched towards the zone, which distributes the damaging elements upon detonation.
The kinetic energy and high density of the anti-missile core destroy the thermal protection of the hypersonic target, causing its physical destruction.