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"Dagger" is not capable of this. To accelerate it to hypersonic speeds, MiG-31 fighters are used, which themselves have a speed of 2800 km / h. The speed of the aircraft is added to the speed of the "Dagger" itself. And their total speed exceeds Mach 5. Since the rocket itself does not have such a speed, it is called quasi-hypersonic.
At the same time, the most important thing must be understood: in the full sense - a hypersonic weapon, this is one that reaches and hits the target precisely at hypersonic speed! This is the KEY POINT.
The Dagger only on the "almost ballistic" segment (when he turned on the rocket engines, decreases and picks up speed) has a speed close to the hypersonic indicator. But when the rocket enters the final segment, and descends into low, dense layers of the atmosphere, it begins to MANEUVER. At this point, her speed drops SHARPLY. It is on this site that Petriot destroys them. There, the speed is about 2-2.5 MAX, this is quite an acceptable object for Petriot. Plus - this is no longer a process of "catching up" with the Dagger, but the destruction of an object on a head-on course.