![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the first trials by fire of hypersonic systems have come in Ukraine, where Kyiv said in May it was able to shoot down a Russian Kinzhal missile flying at over five times the speed of sound (6,000 kilometers or 3,730 miles per hour). MBDA said Tuesday it had launched a three-year program to develop an interceptor dubbed Aquila, with 19 partner firms from five EU nations-France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.īrussels is expected to chip in with 80 million euros ($87 million) from the European Commission.īut no MBDA interceptors are expected to fly before 2030. It's hard to know whether they're coming towards you, it's challenging to predict their behavior," he added-although the new missiles "can be intercepted, especially in the terminal stage" of their flight. Flying at multiples of the speed of sound, "everything's going faster, that's what changes the game," said Lionel Mazenq, of European missile maker MBDA's Future Systems division. ![]()
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