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My point is that the methods we know exist cannot do any of those things against a hypersonic missile - so target met toast.

We mere mortals don't know what the new methods of defense are, now do we?

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“Mere mortals” has nothing to do with it. And its called classified TS-CW SAP. So if you understand that, you would understand what I said.

If you use a fielded weapon, you are presumed to have been trained in its use, but not its manufacture. This is not a fielded (as far as we know) weapon - so everyone knows only what’s in the public realm.