Pentagon will monitor hypersonic missiles with sensors but there is a problem

Hypersonic rockets fly 5 times faster than sound speed and often change the trajectory - this complicates the process of tracking this kind of threat. The Center for Strategic and International Research (CSIS) has published a new report on Pentagon plans to create a network of space sensors to detect and track hypersonic missiles. Despite the ambitiousness of the project, it will not do without problems, reports Interesting Engineering.

The CSIS report states that the main problem is that hypersonic missiles fly at a speed that is at least 5 times higher than the speed of sound. Moreover, it is difficult to predict their flight paths. This complicates the process of tracking this kind of threat. Pentagon plans to create a multi -level system of tracking sensors for hypersonic missiles.

However, experts warn of the need to improve the technology of "sensory merger", which brings together sensors into one system and enables them to exchange information instantly. According to the authors of the report, it is very important to accurately identify the trajectories of the rocket flight, because the rapid moving rocket can be perceived as several objects.

The Ministry of Defense invests large sums in the development of space sensors and considers them a key element of hypersonic defense architecture. Thomas Karako, the director of the CSIS Project from missing defense, said many experts work on this difficult issue. The report also emphasized that tracking hypersonic missiles is much more complicated than ballistic.

CSIS researcher, a missile defense expert, explained that the existence of accurate data on the movement of a hypersonic rocket would facilitate the task of a rocket-interceptor who does not have to maneuver in search of a goal. The report emphasizes that sensory merger is an extremely important step in shaping the sensors for tracking hypersonic threats in space.