Didnt the pershing ii have a warhead that could maneuver at hypersonic speeds? While it is still a balistic missile and not a glider presumably the materials used should meet the heat requierments of a hypersonic glider? Unless it was all made up and it didnt do what it claimed?
I asume its the same for other us warheads claimed to be hypersonic like the minute man ones. Is this also the case for similar gizmos in use by other countries like iran?
Didnt the pershing ii have a warhead that could maneuver at hypersonic speeds? While it is still a balistic missile and not a glider presumably the materials used should meet the heat requierments of a hypersonic glider? Unless it was all made up and it didnt do what it claimed?
Yeah I think manoeuvrability at hypersonic speeds is the main factor, so not sure how pershing ii is classified.
Pershing 2 only has Mach 4 (gliding section)
Ah ok, no where close to being hypersonic then.
Thanks in the wikipedia it says 8 - 10 so thats why i asked
That's the ballistic section.
I asume its the same for other us warheads claimed to be hypersonic like the minute man ones. Is this also the case for similar gizmos in use by other countries like iran?
Maneuverable reentry vehicles the iranian hypersonic misslies that were unveiled were these types too.
It's a missile that has both ballistic and maneuverable segments of it's flight path. It can't maneuver at hypersonic speeds.