Chinese THAAD test successed!

[SinoChallenger]

The THAAD system is simply a piece of cake for us, since we have already mastered something much more higher leveled.

Actually THAAD (endo-atmospheric intercept) is the most difficult and unreliable out of all interception technologies because you cannot lock on to the attacking warhead with an IR sensor like you can with an exo-atmospheric intercept. No nation is anywhere close to a reliable endo-atmospheric interception capability against ICBM or even IRBM / MRBM, which travel at mach 10+.

Of course, intercepting a normal cruise missile at subsonic speed is doable. Intercepting a mach 2+ SRBM like Scud is a bit flaky but doable -- like patriot 3.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Actually THAAD (endo-atmospheric intercept) is the most difficult and unreliable out of all interception technologies because you cannot lock on to the attacking warhead with an IR sensor like you can with an exo-atmospheric intercept. No nation is anywhere close to a reliable endo-atmospheric interception capability against ICBM or even IRBM / MRBM, which travel at mach 10+.

Of course, intercepting a normal cruise missile at subsonic speed is doable. Intercepting a mach 2+ SRBM like Scud is a bit flaky but doable -- like patriot 3.

In fact, THAAD is usually for the last layer of your missile defence system, when you have no time left after the midcourse phase, then you would choose it to hit the coming warheads by chance.

BTW, to destroy enemy's ICBMs during its boast phase is the safest way, then follow by the midcourse interception.

However, to achieve the boast interception, you need the space laser.