Counter-Hypersonic Program Enters Next Phase
5/20/2022
By Sean Carberry
DARPA concept
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, racing to enable technologies to defend against hypersonic weapons, has entered the second phase of its Glide Breaker counter-hypersonic program.
Like Patriot, or other current anti-missile systems, the aim of Glide Breaker is to take down a hypersonic weapon in flight by guiding a kill vehicle directly into the oncoming weapon. Given the speed and maneuverability of hypersonic weapons, the task of striking one in glide phase is far more complex than taking out an oncoming ballistic missile.
“The ballistic threat is not maneuvering … and you don’t have this air flow around the overall body,” said Maj. Nathan Greiner, DARPA program manager for Glide Breaker.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2022/5/20/counter-hypersonic-program-enters-next-phase
