In the US, they work on a Russian hypersonic missile interceptor: what is known about GPI (video)
The American company Northrop Grumman is preparing for the production of Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) - a promising means of protection against hypersonic threats. About it writes Army Recognition. Views note that protection against hypersonic missiles requires both the improvement of technologies for detection and development of new interception systems. Modern radar stations, such as An/Tpy-2 and Spy-6, are already capable of tracking these goals, but their lesions remain an unresolved task.
There are also space systems, including the American SBIRS and a promising HBTSS program, which allow early warning, but full protection will require additional innovation. The United States actively develop technologies for intercepting hypersonic threats. One of the prospective programs is GPI (Glide Phase Interceptor), designed to destroy hypersonic objects at the Gletsada stage - the most vulnerable flight area.
"This phase comes after the rocket enters the atmosphere, but before entering the final trajectory, which provides a critical window for intercepting," experts write. Transcales will become part of the AEGIS anti -missile defense, which has advanced radar and fire control systems. It is expected that the first tests of weapons will take place by the end of the decade, and by 2040 it is planned to put at least 24 trap. The cost of the program is $ 480 million.
For its part, Northrop Grumman, one of the main contractors of the program, said that further work on GPI will consist of the following stages: thus the development of GPI is only the beginning of a large path that will require both technical and strategic efforts to strengthen global safety, Experts summed up. Earlier it was reported that France will receive the new generation SAMP/T NG systems equipped with Aster Block 1Nnt missiles that are capable of affecting hypersonic missiles.