Hit a bullet with a bullet: New defensive missile could prevent close range attacks

Threats to the United States are evolving everyday and the technology is getting significantly more advanced.

A new missile in development that was recently tested in rural New Mexico takes the technology of THAAD (Thermal High Altitude Area Defense), which can knock an intercontinental ballistic missile out of the sky, and puts it into a five pound, two-and-a-half foot projectile.

“It’s a very advanced technology, very complicated rocket science. It’s like hitting a bullet with a bullet,” said Michaela Dodge, a missile defense specialist for the Heritage Foundation. “But we can do it and it’s great news for us.” 

US NAVY DESTROYER TESTS NEW DEFENSE SYSTEM, TAKES OUT BALLISTIC MISSILE

The system is called the Miniature Hit to Kill Missile (MHTK), and it's being developed by Lockheed Martin. The missile travels twice as fast as sound as it hones in on incoming threats and destroys them with kinetic energy. It targets the incoming projectile using a radar system, and continuously adjusts its course in flight.

Source: foxnews