The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. If the Kinzhal Hypersonic missile is launched, is the Patriot missile system really capable of intercepting the Russian hypersonic Kinzhal?

Patriot uses an advanced aerial interceptor missile and high-performance radar systems, which had previously developed the Safeguard ABM system and its component Spartan and hypersonic speed Sprint missiles. Hypersonic or not, it all depends on the angles. The most difficult scenario is when the incoming missile passes by the Patriot launcher. That probably won’t work.

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