1 posted on
09/29/2008 8:05:06 PM PDT by
Flavius
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42 posted on
09/29/2008 8:58:52 PM PDT by
Ezekiel
(Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.)
To: Flavius
"Yes, we're gonna have to go right to ludicrous speed."
46 posted on
09/29/2008 9:05:20 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Flavius
...capable of flying at Mach 5...
Yeah, but this Mach 5 has buzzsaws and goes underwater an' stuff!
56 posted on
09/29/2008 10:03:54 PM PDT by
uglybiker
(1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d)
To: Flavius
You can hit a bullet with a battleship, given enough prior information.
Anything can be intercepted, the faster they fly, the less they can maneuver. It's relatively simply to fly an intercept course and light off a fragmenting warhead, the target provides the kinetic energy for the kill.
It will stress reaction time, but that thing isn't gonna get there on it's own, a big fat platform is going to have to release it from about 20 miles away. The obvious answer is to kill the platform before it gets anywhere near you.
64 posted on
09/30/2008 3:47:46 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans.)
To: Flavius
Like the US X-51 project. BTW, does it already fly?
To: Flavius
The Pentagon is now developing the X-51 hypersonic cruise missile that travels 600 miles in 10 minutes. It gives the strike capability anywhere in the world in less than an hour. This hypersonic missile is designed to hit Mach 5 or 3600 Mph. FYI, the Tomahawk Cruise missiles have just 550 Mph of max speed.
Lt. Gen. C. Robert Kehler, the U.S. Strategic Command’s deputy commander, said that the goal of this project is “to strike virtually anywhere on the face of the Earth within 60 minutes.” Though there are many protests regarding the possibilities of a nuclear war because of this, The Pentagon still plans to test run the X-51 missiles by 2008.
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To: Flavius
'impossible to intercept'Not at only Mach 5.
73 posted on
09/30/2008 7:52:11 AM PDT by
CougarGA7
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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80 posted on
09/30/2008 9:46:17 AM PDT by
TChris
(Obama campaign: Where are we going? ...and why are we in this handbasket?)
To: Flavius
The Aegis system can track it, the missles can hit it.
Nothing to see here.
102 posted on
10/03/2008 7:59:28 AM PDT by
Pistolshot
(Palin has run a state, city, and a business. NObama has only run his mouth.)
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