A New, Low-Cost Missile Hunter Emerges: US Firm Unveils ‘Cyclops’

A California firm’s new interceptor can travel from the Earth’s surface into space to chase down hostile missiles.

Built for mass production, Long Wall’s “Cyclops” aims to deliver missile-class performance at a fraction of the typical cost.

At the heart of the system is an exoatmospheric kill vehicle, which crashes onto targets directly rather than using an explosive payload.

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