US to deploy hyper-missiles

The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 11/14/04 | Robin McKie and David Smith

[LasVegasMac]

Reach out and touch someone....

LVM

[Jorge]

'If someone is messing with us - or Britain - from far away, we could whack them straight away,'

Cool.

[zahal724]

Preston Carter

I almost fainted, I thought it said President Carter...

[CWOJackson]

I hope this article gets lots of play in europe...the ignorant, uncouth, unilateral cowboy loose cannon is getting some new toys.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Khurkris]

West coast folks can look for circular puffs of smoke in the sky. That is the signature of scram-jets.

Of course you won't see them. Probably launched well out over the Pacific.

[Tealc]

I almost fainted, I thought it said President Carter...

LOL! Same here.

[Enlightiator]

Awwwww...for Christmas I was holding out for a spaced based laser that could zap a terrorist training camp in 10 milliseconds. Sigh, maybe next year...

[SteveMcKing]

I'd like to see it fly against the Navy's Phalanx system.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/weapons/wep-phal.html

[eagle11]

Mikemoore: you can run but you cannot hide!

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"the ignorant, uncouth, unilateral cowboy loose cannon is getting some new toys."

LOL, BTTT

[nevergore]

Neat new toy!

How fast can we target Paris?

NeverGore :^)

[FairOpinion]

Interesting!

Can we test them on Iran and Syria?

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"Awwwww...for Christmas I was holding out for a spaced based laser that could zap a terrorist training camp in 10 milliseconds. Sigh, maybe next year..."

Check this laser out. Bush is getting some new toys.


http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/abl/pics-clips/wng2wng.html

[SeaBiscuit]

Hurry up guys, we could use'em.

[Oblongata]

"Current cruise missile have to be carried on a B52 bomber. That involves planning and takes at least 24 hours. The military want a quick solution, so if they knew bin Laden was sipping coffee at a cafe they could get a bomb on target in two hours.'

Scramjets work on the same principle as all jets, by igniting fuel in compressed air and using the expanding gases to propel the aircraft. Standard turbojets use fans to compress the air: scramjets use a plane's forward motion alone to bring air into the combustion chamber and require an initial boost from a rocket. "

I think the authors need to do a little more homework. In the second paragraph above, they describe a ramjet. They leave out the distinction that Scramjets use a supersonic airstream for combustion.

Also cruise missiles can be launched in just about any manner imaginable. They are not limited to air-launch by b-52.

[sd-joe]

At 7200 mph, I doubt that the Phalanx would even see it.

[Enlightiator]

airborne Laser scud buster. Neat!

[Nick Danger]