Can you help me with this? I viewed the videos yesterday and quite can’t seem to pick out a projectile, laser or energy beam striking the missile. Granted the laser wouldn’t necessarily fall in the visible light range and certainly the energy beam wouldn’t. Where do you see something?
Long rod kinetic penetrators fired from the 120mm smooth bore guns of an Abram tank smoke along at around 5800 ft/s...4000 MPH. Would that be visible?
Problem: it takes a lot of iron and footprint to mount a gun of that nature. Not real easy to conceal the firing point if fired from the ground, and it would require a pretty good load carrier aircraft to do the same. High energy lasers of that capability also need a lot of infrastructure.
Of course, I’m speaking of things we KNOW about.
Devil’s post! The devil is in the details. As the explosion blooms, look at 11 o’clock above the rocket. Something is moving through the frame.
50 cal rifle perhaps?
Muzzle velocity 853 m/s (2,799 ft/s) = 1908.409 MPH
Longest recorded sniper kill 3,871 yd = (over 2 miles away)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_recorded_sniper_kills
Reports regarding the longest recorded sniper kills that contain information regarding the shooting distance and the identity of the sniper have been presented to the general public since 1967. Snipers in modern warfare have had a substantial history following the development of long distance weaponry. As weapons, ammunition, and aids to determine ballistic solutions improved, so too did the distance from which a kill could be targeted. In mid-2017 it was reported that an unnamed Canadian special forces operator, based in Iraq, had set a new record of 3,540 m (3,871 yd), beating the record previously held by British Corporal Craig Harrison at 2,475 m (2,707 yd).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_M82
The Barrett M82A1 rifle was used in 2002 as a platform for the experimental OSW (Objective Sniper Weapon) prototype. This weapon was fitted with a shorter barrel, and fired 25mm high-explosive shells developed for the 25×59 mm OCSW
(Objective Crew Served Weapon) automatic grenade launcher. The experimental OSW showed an increased effectiveness against various targets, but the recoil was beyond human limitations. This weapon, also known as the Barrett “Payload Rifle”, has now been designated the XM109.
Oh!! EMI you got the devils post!!!
You can pick it up in maybe 3 or 4 frames coming from right to left. Easiest way to catch it is about 3 seconds before the explosion hit pause and play fast and consecutively in sets to see individual shots.
As for an external projectile, I was thinking along the line of a TrackingPoint scope type optical on say a .338 lapua magnum and the flying object is providing an enhanced dot for the scope to acquire as its target point.
Interestingly these apparently aren’t (at least publicly) acquired by the military but are civilian available.
https://www.tracking-point.com