Because of their speed and ability to maneuver unpredictably in mid-flight, hypersonic missiles are significantly more difficult to intercept. However, according to a think tank, fake Dust Walls could defeat these hypersonic weapons.
According to a new study (read below), the US may protect itself against hostile hypersonic gliders by releasing clouds of dust across wide areas where such weapons are predicted to fly. High-speed travel through such an area would damage and possibly destroy the weapon.
The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based think-tank were the one's who thought up this idea in a study published this week. According to the researchers it “was made possible by support from Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin.”
The concept is similar to one proposed by US strategic planners during the Cold War's height against the Soviet Union. At the time, the plan was to plant nuclear explosives near US intercontinental ballisti...