Foreign Media: Iran's Hypersonic Missile Breaks Through U.S. Defense System, Confirming China's Research Predictions
On the same day that the U.S. and Israel launched air strikes against Iran, a research team from the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology in China published a paper in the journal "Tactical Missile Technology," assessing the ability of the U.S. missile defense system to intercept hypersonic weapons. The study concluded that the existing U.S. missile defense system theoretically could intercept some hypersonic weapons during the terminal phase, but the high speed, strong maneuverability, and stealth characteristics make actual interception extremely difficult, leaving serious capability gaps in the U.S. system.
Several days later, a leaked video showed that Iran's missiles broke through the air defense systems of Israel and the United States in places like Tel Aviv, hitting high-value military targets at an astonishing speed, seemingly confirming the above research findings. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that during the 17th round of attacks in the "Real Commitment 4" operation, its hypersonic missiles and attack drones successfully penetrated the U.S.-made THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system, striking the Israeli Ministry of Defense building and Ben Gurion International Airport.
Hypersonic missiles have core advantages such as high speed, strong maneuverability, and unpredictable flight trajectories, allowing them to break through conventional air defense systems within a very short time. This practical result poses a serious challenge to the effectiveness of the U.S. missile defense system.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858926538943491/
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