High Velocity Missiles (HVM)

> Tony Wilkinson wrote:

> ... I don't know why no one

They have. Avco: BKEP, boosted kinetic energy penetrator airfield attack
munitions. Teledyne Ryan: Firebolt, Mach 4, reusable target.
Martin Marietta & Oerlikon: ADATS Air Defence Anti-Tank System.

Quote from Advanced Technology Warfare: "... if such a missile were to impact
at over Mach 5 the kinetic energy alone would probably be sufficient to
destroy all but the largest aircraft, and only a small warhead would be
needed."

This book (ISBN 0 340 373113) was published in 1985 and is certainly out of
date now, but I've found that its accuracte in its predictions.

> At 12:34 28/06/98 +1200, you wrote:

        I was thinking more for anti-tank work. ADATS and Star Streak
are both air
defence although both were IIRC ment to have anti-tank capabilities. Did
either make it to deployment stage?