As one of the greatest inventions in human military history, missiles not only changed the world military pattern, but also affected the development direction of fighter planes. It is worth noting that air defense missiles have always been one of the missiles with the highest appearance rate, and even the slogan of "shoot down when found" has appeared, which shows how powerful air defense missiles are. So if the air defense missile doesn't hit the target, where will it fly? Today we will talk about this topic.

In fact, many people have many misunderstandings about air defense missiles, the most outrageous of which is that air defense missiles can only lock on one target. But in fact, if there is a miss, the missile will re-lock other targets and shoot them down.

As early as 200 1, when Ukraine was training the s 200 air defense missile, the missile missed its target. An air defense missile missed its target and continued to fly, and a passenger plane was re-locked. In the end, all 78 people on board were killed.

In fact, the 100% hit rate of air defense missiles does not exist objectively, but exists at the theoretical level. Many people and experts say that missiles are very accurate, and they can not only hit fighters or large bombers, but also fly missiles. But if it is a real battlefield environment, the speed of air defense missiles is unmatched, but fighters are not vegetarians. Even if it is locked by a missile, fighter pilots can use various methods to avoid locking, so the air defense missile will continue to fly if it does not explode after losing its target.

Although many international arms markets boast how powerful anti-aircraft missiles are, in actual combat, their performance may not be as good as advertised at all.

At that time, the American-made F-F 18VS Syrian Su -22 air combat, and the third-generation aircraft confronted the second-generation aircraft. Originally, the American F- 18 had great advantages, and it also launched the more advanced AIM-9X combat bomb at that time, so that Su -22 could directly avoid the AIM-9X combat bomb by releasing infrared jamming bombs according to the enemy's encounter process. This surprising situation actually exists in the history of air combat.

So what happens when the air defense missile can't hit the target?

In fact, since the research and development of air defense missiles, we have thought of self-destruction fuze devices, which are similar to the shells of air defense guns. At the first second of missile launch, the fuze starts to time and explodes within the specified number of seconds. Even if it doesn't hit the target, the warhead will automatically explode. The accident that the Ukrainian S200 destroyed the passenger plane mentioned earlier can only be regarded as the distance between the passenger plane and the training target is not too far, and the air defense missile accidentally hit the passenger plane.

In addition, if a large missile can't explode itself under abnormal circumstances, it will also explode itself through a set of manual remote control methods prepared in advance, but this situation is rare and is mostly used in missile experiments to prevent missile leakage. For example, after Japan test-fired a missile, it was found that the missile body rolled irregularly and the missile was out of control. In the end, people can only blow themselves up.

In addition to the above two situations, there will also be free landing of air defense missiles. For example, a missile fell freely in a ravine, but it didn't detonate because of the missile itself. This situation is actually the most embarrassing. If the missile falls on the territory of one's own country, some people say that if the most advanced missile falls on a hostile country, then people will directly pull the missile back to the laboratory for disassembly. It is said that Syria once saw two Tomahawk missiles handed over to Russia. At that time, Russia can be said to be a treasure, and directly returned to the mainland for research.

In fact, the future trend of air defense missiles is more intelligent and recyclable. For example, if there is no hit or explosion after locking the target, then AI will automatically start the destruction program, or like the Musk Falcon 9 rocket, if it doesn't hit the target after launch, it will fly directly back to the special base and complete the missile recovery by itself. Although it sounds crazy, military technology is developing very rapidly, and the application of AI intelligence in the military will be more advanced in the future. Let's wait and see.