Kinzhal missile versus Patriot interceptor

Russia has hit, though likely not destroyed, a Patriot battery after Ukraine claimed to have used the U.S.-made missile defence system to shoot down six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles

DELIVERY: Su-34, Su-24M, MiG-31K interceptors and long range Tu-22M supersonic bombers

KH-47M2 “KINZHAL” (Dagger): Nuclear-capable ground strike missile 

8m

Speed: Mach 10 FLIGHT PATH

Range: 2,000km 

 Radar limit

PLASMA CLOUD: Ionised gas cloud generated by high speed absorbs radar waves and reduces radar cross-section, making missile harder to detect

In-flight manoeuvres: Russia claims interception is impossible due to evasive manoeuvrability at hypersonic speed
  
Low altitude: Below radar until close to target
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CURVATURE OF EARTH 
     
PATRIOT PAC-3 MISSILE DEFENCE Range: 70km

1 Detection: Multifunction phased array radar can search for up to 100 simultaneous aerial threats. Radar range of 150km is insufficient to detect Kinzhal launched at maximum range

2 Engagement control station station (ECS): Weapons control computer calculates intercept point and relays it to launcher

3 Launcher: Missiles – ready in nine seconds – fired towards intercept point

4 Flight: Missile, tracked by radar, is guided by ECS and its own homing sensors.
To intercept Kinzhal, course can be corrected during flight

5 Terminal phase: Ka-band seeker locks on target, activates flight controls
and primes warhead. PAC-3 features hit-to-kill technology essential to intercept Kinzhal, not available on PAC-2

     
Source: Global Security, Interesting Engineering
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