>>507245880>why do thirdies insist on calling ballistic missiles (ww2 tech) hypersonics? kinzhal and the durka durka nork knockoff missiles move at hypersonic velocities but that's not what the definition of a "hypersonic weapon" is, they don't maneuver under their own power and they move along a predictable ballistic path.they make them think of pointy violent missiles or something
hypersonics ackshtually the anime mecha weapons that change their vector and velocity instantly
essentially photon torpedoes from star trek or proton torpedoes from star wars tier tech
it might be more than a few decades till something like that exists, they have some missiles with a gimbal stage but outside of that not really