not only this, the smart ass need to add the following
- errors in actual position detection + the time to actually decide where the target is
- time to decide where to point the laser
- time to ACTUALLY move the laser to point to the location
the three above is why hypersonic that is steerable is a killer rocket once you go above a certain speed with IRREGULAR path there is no time to track anything
Jets have supercruise and can still be shot down. The U2 was shot down.
planes are limited in speed and lateral acceleration by the "human host"
current hypersonicq are another kind of beast
search for the spec, they are public info
The point is that it's not as simple as manuvering at super sonic. Of course if you are faster than the enemy you get away.
But the incoming missiles are also, get this... missiles. They also have the benefit of being short range and offboarding the radar and telemetry to ground stations. There is a huge homefield advantage.
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