Comments by "chaosXpert" (@chaosXP3RT) on "Are US hypersonic missile programs finally catching up?" video.

I think stealth missiles are far more potent than Hypersonic missiles. The American JASSM and Rapid Dragon program are far more deadly than people know
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This is gonna be the MIG-25 Foxbat story all over again. The US is gonna build extremely functional hypersonic missiles and its gonna be revealed the Chinese hypersonic missiles are nowhere even close to as capable. I mean, we already know that the Russian "Kinzhal" is just a Tochka-U ballastic missile strapped to a fighter jet. The Tochka-U was designed in the 1970's btw
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Russia and China don't even have the capabilities of intercepting American Minutemen III ICBM's
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I think stealth missiles are far more potent than Hypersonic missiles. The American JASSM and Rapid Dragon program are far more deadly than people know
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@ottersirotten4290 The cruise missile is shaped similar to the F-22 or B-2 Bomber to deflect and/or absorb radar waves to minimize it's radar cross-section. A smaller radar cross-section means that the distance it can be detected from is a lot smaller and the time to launcher an interceptor is shorter. Russian SAM systems like the Buk, Tor, Pantsir and S-300 all use radar to intercept cruise missiles. It's true that MANPADs like the SA-29 can also shoot down cruise missiles by detecting heat-signature, but the JASSM's stealth could allow it to fly higher and out of range of MANPADs
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@ottersirotten4290 I have a hard time understanding what you're suggesting. Do you think the S-400 and S-500 have 360-degree cameras constantly pointed at the horizon to detect unique heat-signatures? You need radar to detect objects across far distances. It is possible that a launched interceptor missile can then lock-on to a heat signature once it's close enough to detect it. But you still need the radar because a heat sensor isn't going to detect a low-flying, extremely fast missile during a warm day from 16 km (10 miles) away. SAM radars and missile batteries are usually placed many kilometers apart to detect incoming missiles and aircraft. Stealth is not invisible, like people tend to believe. The F-35 or even the F-22 will show up on the Russian 92N6A (the S-400's radar). The advantage of stealth is that it will decrease the range that radar will detect it. For example, the 92N6A will detect an F-16 at a range of 400 kilometers (250 miles), but it will only detect an F-22 at a range of 50 kilometers (31 miles). The only solution, as far as I know, is to place radar stations closer to each other. I have not read anything that suggest the S-400 or S-500 have anything, but radar. The stealth of the JASSM allows it to slip undetected between opposing radar stations and fly higher than the range of heat-seeking MANPADS. Do you believe that the USA wasted money on investing in a stealth design for a cruise missile like the JASSM?
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@truth959 What's Russia and China's equivalent to THAAD?
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