This reads as though these are already deployed. If that is so, why have we not seen them being used in Ukraine? Surely the ground based, city defenses lasers he mentioned would be invaluable there?
I think this article has somewhat fallen into the imagined capabilities trap that US arms manufacturers were constantly in during the Cold War. They would see Soviet propaganda about their new invincible weapons system and do some math on what it would take to make it work and then try to design systems to counter that paper exercise. Then they get a sample of the real thing and it turns out the Soviets were outright lying about the capabilities and the counter they developed is ridiculous overkill.
Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot
Thirty missiles were fired, twenty nine intercepted [1]. Sustaining minor, i.e. quickly repaired, damage after a 97% interception rate against a supposedly technologically advanced adversary is pretty damn good.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/falling-debris-causes-fires-tw....
Site a source for that please.
Do you think that when you "down" a hypersonic missile the debris fall harmlessly to the ground or do they continue moving?
It’s been corroborated by the U.S. and allies [1]. The Kremlin hasn’t disputed the charge.
(The U.S. also said a PATRIOT battery was damaged while Kyiv claimed no such thing. As others have speculated, this was probably a radar unit that was targeted and damaged.)
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/patriot-kill-shot-impressive...