La carrera por el desarrollo de Armas Hipers\u00f3nicas (HWS) por parte de las potencias l\u00edderes (EUA – China – Rusia), genera gran preocupaci\u00f3n por la dificultad que implica la neutralizaci\u00f3n de las mismas, con los sistemas de Def Ae & Misiles existentes hoy. Expertos del Pent\u00e1gono (EUA) afirman que para lograr detener la amenaza de las HWS, ser\u00e1 vital disponer de un robusto sistema de informaci\u00f3n compartida, procesamiento de datos de extrema velocidad, junto con Inteligencia artificial en el ciclo de decisiones. La clave ser\u00e1 un nuevo y sofisticado sistema de sensores, que permita establecer un seguimiento continuo del arma en su trayectoria de ataque, mientras se implementan las contramedidas adecuadas. Pero la mayor dificultad, es que las HWS se desplazan a velocidades superiores a MACH 5 y en trayectorias no predecibles.<\/p>\n
If there is a way to stop hypersonic missile attacks, then it will likely rely heavily upon data sharing, high-speed data processing and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
The challenge is to establish a continuous track of an attack weapon moving more than five times the speed of sound while implementing a countermeasure. That countermeasure could involve the deployment of an interceptor fast enough to achieve a kinetic \u201chit\u201d of a\u00a0hypersonic weapon\u00a0<\/a>or some method of \u201cjamming\u201d or disrupting the missile\u2019s flight trajectory or airflow.<\/p>\n The Defense Department, Missile Defense Agency, and defense industry are working on multiple programs with which to establish a continuous track. A missile traveling at hypersonic speeds will pass from the coverage area of one radar to another, which means the Defense Department could lose track of it. That is why the Defense Department is focused on developing new Hypersonic Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor technology that would establish a continuous track of\u00a0fast-moving hypersonic<\/a>\u00a0missiles from \u201cbeyond-line-of-sight\u201d by networking small satellites to one another.<\/p>\n \u201cA method of doing that is potentially processing some of that data in real-time to a weapons database and transfer that data from the satellite system down to the weapon,\u201d Mike\u00a0Ciffone, Northrop Grumman\u2019s director of Strategy, Capture & Operations, Overhead Persistent Infrared & Geospatial Systems, told reports at the Space Missile and Defense Symposium in August. For instance, some of the\u00a0data processing<\/a>\u00a0can potentially be artificial-intelligence-enabled\u00a0and also\u00a0performed at the point of data receipt, essentially wherever the incoming sensor data first arrives.<\/p>\n Computer processing is becoming faster and increasingly dependent on artificial intelligence. A series of technical breakthroughs enable incoming sensor data to be instantly analyzed, organized, assessed and streamlined. This technology makes it possible to find key information and send it to military commanders at speeds exponentially faster than what was previously possible. Eventually, critical data, such as anticipated flight path, landing time, location, speed and altitude can be calculated by advanced computer algorithms. These algorithms will enable a fast exchange of information across previously disaggregated areas.<\/p>\n