Which is why you see nations developing hypersonic cruise missiles like the Brahmos?
China naval drills in East China Sea
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Which is why you see nations developing hypersonic cruise missiles like the Brahmos?
brahmos is not hypersonic. It's just an export variant of Onyx, although probably more advanced than Yakhont. Modern SAMs should have no problem intercepting it.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Have a look at the video of the excercise posted a few weeks back. In it you can clearly see even HHQ7s doing a sharp climb before diving down to engage sea skimming targets.
If you think about it, this top attack profile has some distinct advantages compared to a head on engagement as you have reduced closing speeds, and you are also getting a bigger target, both in terms of missile signiture and area to hit, especially if you are using a proximity fuse.
If you think about it, this top attack profile has some distinct advantages compared to a head on engagement as you have reduced closing speeds, and you are also getting a bigger target, both in terms of missile signiture and area to hit, especially if you are using a proximity fuse.
I think he was talking about the much hyped brahmos II.
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And wow those missile firing pics are cool -- usually we only see USN Arleigh Burke's firing multiple missiles at once. Hopefully we'll see a common VLS for the PLANs' anti-air missiles within this decade to streamline the arsenal.
EDIATH
Junior Member
Thanks a lot for the explanation mate!
I must have confused the functionality of HQ7 with that of RAM, or perhaps even RAM wouldn't follow a near-horizontal trajectory.
Yes that was what I was referring to thank you. Does a significant increase in the speed of a missile also significantly increase the difficulty of an intercept?
plawolf
Lieutenant General
No worries. This top attack profile seem to be something new, as that video was the first time i have known of it. In previously release pictures, you can clearly see the HHQ7 taking a fairly flat tragectory, and the HQ7 from which it is developed also does a flat engagement profile.