Brits shot down hypersonic missiles!

British warship shoots down supersonic missile in ‘historic first’ for Navy 

One of Britain’s most advanced warships successfully shot down a supersonic missile in a major step forward for the Navy’s defence capabilities.

HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, launched a specially-modified Sea Viper missile which hunted down a target flying at four times the speed of sound (Mach 4) in a test exercise on Thursday. MSN

Wow, wow, great achievement, shooting down a hypersonic missile. Where, whose missile was shot down by the Brit's museum warship? Was it from the Houthis or was it from the Russians or Iranians? Coming hot behind the heels of the J10's downing of Rafale jets, this is another great military feat. The Brits can now use it as proof of the effectiveness of their Sea Viper missiles. Combat tested. Great demand and great sales coming the Brits way.

 

Oops, oops, the missile was a decoy used for practiced fire during an exercise. It was not enemy missile, not in real combat, but a training exercise. Ooooh la la, like that ah. Sounded so real.

Anyway, the headline was really eye catching. It is no joke to be able to shoot down a Mach 4 missiles that could even take evasive action. By the way, the Chinese missiles are travelling at Mach 5 and more, with many hitting Mach 8 and above.

Blimey, great job mate.

In an exercise scenario, they set up the target to their liking, to fly at their command, they know where the target is, and sitting in the comfort of their operation room, no tension, no stress, take their time to fire. They could even set up the target to self detonate to appear being shot. This was what happened in a recent test fire by the Americans in the Philippines. The target ship was set up to sink and was towed to the site. Unfortunately, before it reached the site, the target ship started to sink before it was shot at, sinking before the designated time.

Did the Brits set up the target to self detonate and claimed a hit?