Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden

Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by marstall on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @07:20AM (#28692298)

I've read its actually very hard to find an aircraft carrier in the open ocean, and even if you have found it, difficult to target because it will be be moving at 30 knots in a zigzag pattern?

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by sudosysgen on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:51AM (#28695366)

That's true for subsonic low altitude missiles yes.

For a missile going Mach 7 at 25km altitude, the carrier has no hope of moving enough in the 9 minutes it has to evade the missile.

So you only have to find the carrier once briefly, which is not so hard.

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by dotancohen on Thursday September 30, 2021 @08:17AM (#28705453)

Let us assume that at launch the missile had the location of the carrier as provided by satellite one hour ago.

How is the final phase of flight and targeting going to work? How far away can on-board sensors detect the carrier, and does the missile have the maneuverability to steer towards the target in that timeframe?

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