US missile defense system is not capable of countering Russia's Sarmat and Avangard
The US missile defense system has not kept up with the development of Russian weapons and is now no longer capable of countering modern Russian-made missiles, the US military's Military Watch magazine wrote.
According to the publication, the US missile defense network includes four components: the patriot system, AEGIS and AEGIS Ashore, THAAD and GMD.
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The Patriot system is the best, but it has limited capabilities due to the missile launch process. Patriot launches missiles in a “hot” style, while the S-300, for example, uses a “cold” style.
The magazine points out that for this reason, US systems can only attack intercontinental ballistic missiles after they have passed half of their journey and are in the phase of altitude reduction, and cannot reach them in the early phase and in the dense layers of the atmosphere.
The authors also question whether the US system is capable of countering North Korean missiles. Specifically, they cite the example of the Hwason-14 missile test in 2017, which flew over Japan at an altitude of 770 km and fell into the Sea of Japan 300 km from the coast, while the US Aegis system was unable to intercept it.
At that time there was only one target, but in real war conditions there would be many targets, including fake targets, and the enemy could also use jamming equipment.
And even for a single target, US systems need time to prepare, and also need to know exactly where the missile is launched. In this correlation, the chances of the US-owned missile defense system are even less.
In the conclusion of the article, Military Watch added that even when intercepting North Korean missiles, the US system has problems, let alone confronting Russia's latest Avangard missiles, which have speeds exceeding the speed of sound 20 times. In this case, the possibility of interception is close to zero.
