Exactly. The point of Typhoon is not just a free falling ballistic missile at maximum range( let it be 600km)There is one thing we have all overlooked.
Tayfun flew for 458 seconds and hit the surface 561km away. But it actually went up ~50km and down ~50 km as well. That is if the top altitude was 50 km.
That means it flew 561km + ~100km = 661km in 458 seconds. That makes average speed as 4.3 Mach.
That means that this missile was travelling at speeds well in to hypersonic range for a good portion of it’s flight.
(blue line is the suppressed trajectory of a quasi ballistic missile. Red line is a ballistic missile trajectory)
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İt can hit the target at 5-6mach speed in 200-300km.
Like ESSM but without guidance
Just needs an active radar seeker to hit a ship.
İf you add also Side thrusters you would have SAM