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Northrop And Raytheon Have Been Secretly Working On Scramjet Powered Hypersonic Missile
thedrive.com/the-war-zone ^ | June 18, 2019 | Joseph Trevithick

Posted on 06/19/2019 5:58:03 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

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To: taxcontrol

Always depends on the angles and numbers coming at you often in conjunction with other asymmetrical ordinance.

Sorry but once a surface capital ship is located. ( and there are many ways to locate and pinpoint track), a junior rating sitting in front of a console in a bunker outside of Shanghai can sink that ship as if he was playing a video game. In fact video game champions will be the new marksmen in any future war.


21 posted on 06/19/2019 6:31:04 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: RoosterRedux

22 posted on 06/19/2019 6:32:14 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin
Related:


23 posted on 06/19/2019 6:35:07 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: kenmcg
I don't think so because the "tic-tac" seen by Navy pilots moved in a very different fashion.

That said, it is possible that the tic-tac is a weapon the objective of which is not to destroy an enemy vessel, but to confuse an enemy into making him believe his systems are useless against it if (and when) it were directed to attack.

Just thinking out loud here.;-)

24 posted on 06/19/2019 6:37:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Mouton

As were those in the 50s. The strongest evidence in the universe, confirms there is no other intelligent life. Dawkins talking about aliens seeding our planet with intelligent life is the world’s religious exaltation of man. Those aliens came from o th her aliens who seeded their planet ad nauseum.


25 posted on 06/19/2019 6:41:27 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Do you know anyone who isnÂ’t a socialist after 65? Freedom exchanged for cash and control.)
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To: momincombatboots
The strongest evidence in the universe, confirms there is no other intelligent life.

Huh?

26 posted on 06/19/2019 6:47:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Blow you up , REAL FAST ,LOL


27 posted on 06/19/2019 6:48:52 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: RoosterRedux

Hubby n i loved this article.. thanks for posting.


28 posted on 06/19/2019 6:51:29 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Do you know anyone who isnÂ’t a socialist after 65? Freedom exchanged for cash and control.)
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To: RoosterRedux
The strongest evidence in the universe, confirms there is no other intelligent life.

Huh?

Several posters on this thread are the best proof yet...

29 posted on 06/19/2019 6:52:58 AM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: Vermont Lt
It would be criminal if they hadn’t finished their work; and were not working on the NEXT generation.

Exactly. Not sure why the reveal. But Scramjet was a thing about 30 years ago. I expect there are some classified platforms using this tech already. (Maybe I hope, instead of expect)

30 posted on 06/19/2019 6:54:58 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: RoosterRedux

I frickin’ hope so. We need to develop some new tech for $450 billion that can be sold to the Chinese by some s**thead for $60K.


31 posted on 06/19/2019 6:55:07 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
I saw a list the other day of all the great Freepers who have been banned over the years and, frankly, it was depressing.

Some of our greatest minds gone on a whim.

32 posted on 06/19/2019 6:55:43 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
Right. I would say that we have plenty of proof that no intelligent life exists on this planet.

Not so sure about the rest of creation (i.e., on this plane/universe and otherwise).

33 posted on 06/19/2019 6:58:33 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Northrop And Raytheon Have Been Secretly ...

Oh ... never mind ...

34 posted on 06/19/2019 7:10:01 AM PDT by dartuser
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To: allendale

The encouraging news is that the Navy is working on a laser based defense system. If enough power can be put on the target fast enough and long enough, it will also be capable of destroying inbound attacks.

And so continues the cycle of attack and defense.


35 posted on 06/19/2019 7:13:54 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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Starchip, AKA Breakthrough Starshot
36 posted on 06/19/2019 7:17:36 AM PDT by null and void (Stamp out philately!)
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To: RoosterRedux
I saw a list the other day of all the great Freepers who have been banned over the years and, frankly, it was depressing.

Some of our greatest minds gone on a whim.

Guess why FReepathons are nearly overlapping...

37 posted on 06/19/2019 7:22:10 AM PDT by null and void (Stamp out philately!)
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To: Vermont Lt

Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) work by focusing energy including laser, microwave, or particle beams, on the target. Laser and microwave DEWs have been demonstrated to be very effective but deployment has been kept secret (as it should be). In general they work either by creating localized heating (think microwave oven) or by creating EMP-type disruption to onboard electronics that results in a loss of control and failure of the target.

There are countermeasures to be sure but the potential to stop a target with a weapon that shoots at the speed of light vs. lead is a no-brainer.


38 posted on 06/19/2019 7:33:19 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: central_va

They can be steered by sensors which is, for all practical purposes, the same thing. And the new stuff may could have some other form of guidance, but then we don’t know.

Makes little sense that the fielded versions would have no guidance or any ability to maneuver, especially since one version is being developed specifically for internal bay storage in fighter jets and another for the Navy.


39 posted on 06/19/2019 7:36:27 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: taxcontrol

My point is that the methods we know exist cannot do any of those things against a hypersonic missile - so target met toast.


40 posted on 06/19/2019 7:38:02 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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