Posted on 10/13/2020 9:29:29 PM PDT by bitt
“Yeah. Mach 17.”
At burnout.
We knew how to make them survive the heat and guide years ago.
Cool video out there of I think a Sprint coming out of a silo and accelerating to a speed that had the nose glowing white hot.
You honestly believe we followed that? Wow.
Question: How many nukes did we keep in Berlin back in the 80’s?????
Treaties say ZERO.
How about A10s? How about 155mm Tac nukes? Backpack nukes at Detachment A?
How many US warheads are in Japan right now? Or Taiwan?
Seriesly....
They wouldn’t launch from within ports, though. That’s both stupid and unnecessary.
They’d launch from international waters, out of sight of land.
Destruction of the MIRV buses was observed by the Russians and others. So, yes, pretty sure we did.
So is this, if you read the article. It's an air-launched ballistic missile. Once the rocket burns out, the warhead glides to the target.
A true hypersonic missile has a SCRAMjet engine.
Stick to electric golf karts, you are exposing your ignorance rather hilariously.
Sprint and Spartan had terrible cross range manuverability, high failure rates and were ridiculously expensive. IIRC, each Sprint missile cost more than a guided missile destroyer of the day.
Delivery in 12 minutes.
Or the next one is free.
You actually believe both Russia and China at face value??? Holy crap.
And you think China has bought all of these shipping ports all over the planet just to make money on cheap crap? Why develop container launched nuclear missiles then? In order to launch them from the middle of the ocean so we can track them and shoot them down?????
You normally seem pretty wise, but if you believe that shit I’ve got bridges for sale.
ouch....lol
Some clown posted that the experimental missiles were all falling apart.
“So is this, if you read the article. It’s an air-launched ballistic missile. Once the rocket burns out, the warhead glides to the target.”
Guided, not ballistic.
“A true hypersonic missile has a SCRAMjet engine.”
Which activates only at extreme altitudes, not down to the target.
You wouldn’t fire from inside the port because it’d be pointless. Just bring over a SADM equivalent in a container, set the timer and leave.
Container launched ballistic missiles are made so nobody can track your missile carriers and you can fire from innocuous container ships at sea.
You’d buy the ports to bring in troops and equipment.
Me: The Phoenix is air-to-air.
You (trolling): Stick to electric golf karts, you are exposing your ignorance rather hilariously.
Get some education
He’s not totally wrong, other countries did have structural issues with their hypersonic prototypes. However, I can’t think of any in the last 15-20 years off the top of my head.
The other thing is that Sprint and Spartan were *big* missiles and were never going to be vehicle or air launchable. They didn’t have to be for their roles, but their size was indicative of the tech of the day.
Except our tracking systems are looking over the horizon, not originating in CONUS to a CONUS target.
It’s like using a nuclear sniper behind lines.
[[ Air Force Says New Hypersonic Missile Will Hit Targets 1,000 Miles Away In Under 12 Minutes]]
Soooo, you’re telling me there’s a chance i can dodge it?
TRACON radars serve that purpose in CONUS, actually.
It’s also a lot harder to track all of the thousands of ships in international waters. And consider that they might launch from a third party nation flagged vessel - modern container shipping is complex and fast.
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