Posted on 07/28/2017 9:00:44 AM PDT by fision
North Korea said by next year they’ll be able to hit the US ,but are they ready to be hit back big time
If shot vertically, (which this was not), the highest altitude reached is usually about 1/3 of the horizontal range the missile could reach if fired on a ballistic parabola.
This is not good.
heard it flew 7 times higher than the Space Station so it could hit anywhere it was programed. Other poster mentioned shooting them down..I totally agree.
We’re all arguing about Scaramucci using bad language and McCain being 1 of maybe 10 senators that would have killed the healthcare bill, yet the Korean story is far more important and not garnering much attention in the media.
Wow...where did you hear that? I would be interested to read more details about this...I agree with you...media is just reporting piffle and nit picking...idiots!
Go ahead stumpy, keep poking that ‘Mad Dog’!
Either we don't have the ability or our Country hides in fear. Doesn't matter, we just cannot do it.
Sanjuanbob wrote:
“...heard it flew 7 times higher than the Space Station so it could hit anywhere it was programed. Other poster mentioned shooting them down..I totally agree.
We’re all arguing about Scaramucci using bad language and McCain being 1 of maybe 10 senators that would have killed the healthcare bill, yet the Korean story is far more important and not garnering much attention in the media.”
Sanjuanbob, I along with freedom56v2 would like to know where you heard this.
A Pearl Harbor II would destroy our president. He probably should be considering blowing their missile sites, along with Jung Un, to hades.
cba123 wrote:
“I’m hearing reports this one flew to an altitude of 3000 kilometers. Did the last one fly to 2000 kilometers?
Or was that miles?
Just curious if this indicates a longer potential radius for this missile.”
Strac6 wrote:
If shot vertically, (which this was not), the highest “altitude reached is usually about 1/3 of the horizontal range the missile could reach if fired on a ballistic parabola.
This is not good.”
Strac6, cba123
What would be the horizontal range of this one, then?
Depends on the inclination in degrees above the horizon after launch, during the boost phase.
If 90 degrees (straight up), the altitude reached would be about 1/3 total possible range. At 45 degrees, probably about 15% to 20% of total possible range.
Need more data. The good thing is with a shot so far AGL, lots of data can be obtained by highly sophisticated radar and laser tracking systems.
Have a good weekend.
They might as well, nobody is going to do anything about it.
You won’t miss much. Everything in Hawaii costs nearly double what it does in the states and the heat compounded by the dripping sticky humidity sucks.
While I am not a rocket scientist, I o understand that once an ICBM is out of the atmosphere, its range is basically unlimited as it is in orbit of sorts, and its range is limited by re-entry and terminal guidance.
I believe that is the basic definition of an ICBM- they do not need to “fly” all the way to target, they need to be boosted into a near earth orbit and the deployment of re-entry vehicle (warhead) is effected whereon the terminal trajectory of the warhead(s) are determined- terminal guidance/gravity gets the warhead(s) to target.
These are not “hot” rockets carrying a payload- the missle body is only the boost system to get it into space, space and gravity get it the rest of the way....
Close?
From Japanese media reports I believe the last one was around 2,500 km. with a horizontal range around 5,500 kilometers if it were angled normally to maximize distance. And the one today was higher, further and for longer.
Obama had the ABL testbed aircraft destroyed. Only one was made and there is no replacement planned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1
I’m sorry I can’t remember the person who was interviewed on Fox this AM...maybe Gordon Chang; in any event I did a google search and found this WAPO article from 7/4 the last ICBM test by the N Koreans which seems to corroborate the info.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-securit... Proxy Highlight
Jul 4, 2017 ... North Korea’s latest ballistic missile flew 7 times higher than the International Space Station ... If flown in a more typical trajectory, the missile would have easily traveled 4,000 miles, potentially putting all of Alaska within its ...
See post 35, sorry for delay.
SJB
By Anna Fifield July 28 at 3:17 PM
TOKYO — North Korea has taken another bold step toward achieving its stated goal of being able to send a nuclear weapon to the U.S. mainland, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile late Friday that highlights the regime’s rapid technological progress.
The missile flew almost straight up for 45 minutes and reached a height of about 2,300 miles before crashing into the sea off Japan. But if it had been launched on a normal trajectory, the missile could theoretically have reached Chicago and perhaps even New York, experts said.
Thank you so much!
We will have to keep eye out for additional reports on this since media is not doing its job :(
I don’t like any of these reporting sites—ugh CNN, but here are several articles on the subject:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/05/politics/us-north-korea-launched-new-missile/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/05/politics/us-north-korea-launched-new-missile/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/opinions/north-korea-icbm-film/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/opinions/north-korea-icbm-film/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/politics/north-korea-missiles.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/politics/north-korea-missiles.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/25/north-korea-missile-test-us-pentagon
IF you find more, please post!
~Freeper formerly known as bushwon ;)
I do apologize if duplicate links...I think CNN and NYT were updating and so seemed like different articles.
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