America’s High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles have been playing an important role in Ukraine’s spectacular offensive in Kharkiv province, and a separate attack in the south
homes in on and destroys air-defence radar. The missiles represent a serious challenge to Russia. Even if not fired, the threat they pose can force radar operators to turn off their sets and lie low. Ukraine’s air force, as a result, may not quite fly with impunity, but it has greater freedom than before.
During the second world war batteries of large-calibre anti-aircraft guns were deployed to counter bombers, but these became obsolete once jet bombers could fly faster and higher. Missile technology responded, and by the late 1940s the first radar-guided surface-to-air missiles appeared. These evolved rapidly and could soon reach stratospheric altitudes and bring down the fastest jet.
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