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To: BeauBo
”Hypersonic warheads?”

Existing ICBM reentry vehicles (warheads) are already waaaaay into the hypersonic realm. They travel at about Mach 24, while the definition of hypersonic is Mach 5 or above.

4 posted on 09/09/2020 7:23:22 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: noiseman

Yep, after a certain point its impossible to stop an ICBM warhead.

A laser “might,” maybe get one while its in ascent or high above the atmosphere, but there simply is no tracking tech possible to do so 100% of the time, and definitely not when its approaching target.


7 posted on 09/09/2020 8:18:10 PM PDT by Bayard
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They are hypersonic. Some film of an inert MMIII warhead in the late 70s came spinning in and hit at the edge of the beach on the atoll. It was a little off its expected target and hit an empty small steel building at the edge of the beach where they had cameras. When the warhead hit the building there was a blinding thermal flash and the building and nearby palm tree evaporated.


8 posted on 09/09/2020 8:18:44 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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