Ukrainian long range missile systems are sure getting a lot of bang for their buck.
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Literally
Didn't even have time to get properly set up from the looks of it.
"Once we get this thing up and running, we'll finally be able to-"
We're all set up sir.
Great get me the latest data on the Ukrainian artillery. I want to know where they're firing from and what they're aiming for.
Picking something up now. Working out source and target coordinates. Ah shit.
Missles are able to redirect their trajectory, so unless this sees it immediately can't the missle just fuck around before going on target?
Not all missiles are guided ones. Most are just fire-and-forget and usually just do a parabola before hitting their target.
Oh, I thought the whole thing about a missle being a missle is they can adjust trajectory.
Edit: Everything else being a rocket or a bomb or named something else.
It is a common misconception. The difference between rockets and missiles isn't guidance but propulsion.
Missiles are powered all the way to their target, and rockets are only part of the way.
That's why you never see a rocket trail before it hits, like in this video.
Both can be unguided or guided, either by using fins or gimballed nozzles.
I thought the main difference is that the rocket doesn’t know where it is or where it isn’t.
It is valid for most rockets as they are meant to be used as a powered artillery round.
A good example of a guided rocket is no other than space launch vehicles.
But I'm no rocket scientist (pun intended), I only wrote from my own memories of Googling on those subjects.
Ah, thanks for clearing that up!
In regards to your edit, it's not just rockets and dumb bombs. For example, ballistic missiles, which is why they're more vulnerable to interception as they follow a predictable ballistic trajectory.
Hypersonic missiles have technically existed since the middle 20th century. But in the modern context it refers to a technology that would allow for maneuver during hypersonic flight i.e. adjusting trajectory while at speeds exceeding Mach 5.
Might be unrelated to the overall thread but "dumb bomb" has to be my hate word of the century when it comes to military tech. Even bombs with no guidance system whatsoever can be deployed relatively precisely depending on the system used for launching them. Not to speak of glide kits etc. /end of mini rant
So this thing knows who killed it. I wonder if wrapons systems have ghosts and can come back to haunt us.