How do ballistic missiles create a plasma blast when intercepted?

Question

There are videos of ballistic missiles being intercepted out of the atmosphere that create a “bubble” going around. I’m not sure if this qualifies into chemistry or physics sorry

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

The force of the impact is simply hard enough to create enough energy to superheat the gas cloud. Its because both the missile and what shot it down were going so fast in opposite directions and the forces add up.