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To: Gen.Blather

[Iran’s nuclear program would be a tough hard target requiring a large, high risk investment.]


The JASSM-ER has a range of almost 600 miles. At $1.2m a pop, it’s not cheap. But a nuclear program is the classic definition of a high value target. It’s one of the few targets in recent years where the dollar value of the target exceeds that of the ordnance. We’d also find out, in a real life setting whether the S-400 can do anything to JASSM’s.


17 posted on 05/10/2019 9:39:40 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Zhang Fei
The JASSM-ER has a range of almost 600 miles. At $1.2m a pop, it’s not cheap. But a nuclear program is the classic definition of a high value target. It’s one of the few targets in recent years where the dollar value of the target exceeds that of the ordnance. We’d also find out, in a real life setting whether the S-400 can do anything to JASSM’s.

A nuclear program is almost totally dependent on vast amounts of electricity to run the centrifuges for seperation of U238 from the U235 the fissionable material. Take out the electrical grid which is most easy and all those centrifuges are useless.

21 posted on 05/10/2019 4:26:47 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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