Sandboxx: Patriot Shot Down Kinzhal

Alex Hollings is on it.

I guessed that the nosecone in the pix might have been part of the payload, not the external nosecone. So one cheer for me:

Oh and: 

There's just so much BS and confusion in popular discussions of hypersonics--not that I'm an expert. But that the Kinzhal is just an air-launched ballistic missile is more-or-less par for the course.