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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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1 posted on 06/19/2019 5:58:03 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Given the advances in stealthy, hypersonic missile and guidance system technology, does any rational person believe that surface capital ships can survive a war against a technologically sophisticated and equipped opponent? Todays “battleship admirals” will only come to this realization after a steep price is paid with young blood.


2 posted on 06/19/2019 6:05:42 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: RoosterRedux

This is my “shocked face.”

It would be criminal if they hadn’t finished their work; and were not working on the NEXT generation.

A good poker player doesn’t show their hand.


3 posted on 06/19/2019 6:08:26 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service?)
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To: allendale

I wonder if particles moving at the speed of light could harm something moving 3500 miles per hour?


4 posted on 06/19/2019 6:09:12 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service?)
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To: RoosterRedux

I was thinking of posting the stroy this morning but ... good for you!


5 posted on 06/19/2019 6:11:54 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: All

Well l guess not that secretly if we are reading about it here.


6 posted on 06/19/2019 6:12:31 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Vermont Lt

It would be interesting to see a plausible “anything” with mass that could move at the speed of light. I’m interested in things that fly, so if you have a design for a warp drive, maybe we could get together..... ;-)


7 posted on 06/19/2019 6:13:19 AM PDT by Pecos (My rights as an individual are not subject to a public vote.)
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To: allendale

Echoes of Pearl Harbor.


8 posted on 06/19/2019 6:13:37 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Investigate! Investigate! There are charges yet to fabricate!)
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To: Vermont Lt

if you read the story and a linked earlier one, it is stated that they are talking about something already in or near production ... but are just releasing what the public (and the Chinese) needs to know at this time. There is that huge new hanger at Groom ...


9 posted on 06/19/2019 6:15:20 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: RoosterRedux

My guess, a lot of the UFO sightings by USN can be traced to some of these secret missiles et al being tested over water.


10 posted on 06/19/2019 6:16:02 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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It all comes down to detection and response. A hyper-sonic missile vs a wall of lead still ends up destroying the missile.


11 posted on 06/19/2019 6:18:14 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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No. They are not any known secret or otherwise US military. They are Other.


12 posted on 06/19/2019 6:19:07 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: taxcontrol

A hyper-sonic missile vs a wall of lead still ends up destroying the missile.


only if you can find, locate, track and fire the lead wall in the milliseconds before the missile hits


13 posted on 06/19/2019 6:20:59 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: allendale

Hypersonic basically means unguided. They can’t really maneuver. Not really a threat to a moving target.


14 posted on 06/19/2019 6:21:37 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Vermont Lt

There are indeed people who put their trust in futuristic defensive laser technologies that have not yet been designed, tested and deployed to protect bygone era ships manned with thousands of young sailors.


15 posted on 06/19/2019 6:23:43 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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So pal will you officially go on record that it would be smart idea to scuttle our entire Navy then? I know I would feel so much safer without a Navy. /sarc


16 posted on 06/19/2019 6:24:05 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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You are an idiot.


17 posted on 06/19/2019 6:24:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: PIF

Yep, like I said, it comes down to the detection and the response.


18 posted on 06/19/2019 6:28:56 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: taxcontrol

Tanks use the Trophy active protective system. Surely our Billion dollar naval vessels are protected by something far better.


19 posted on 06/19/2019 6:29:36 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: RoosterRedux

Could this be the UFOs some of our military pilots have reported observing?


20 posted on 06/19/2019 6:30:39 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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