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To: JME_FAN

Since they have more missiles than us and have (they claim) hypersonic ones, I don’t think they’ll sweat too much.

If one dies, we all die...is their thinking.

They don’t fear death as much as us.

Or at least me :)

I did some reading on hypersonic missiles and though it hinted that we don’t have any that are fully operational already, I find it very hard to believe Russia has something up and running that we don’t


149 posted on 02/25/2022 8:10:16 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

The thing about hypersonic vehicles is that, while they orbit the Earth at hypersonic velocities - which makes them exceedingly hot objects, and thus detectable at infrared wavelengths by satellite - once they re-enter the atmosphere, their “glide” (terminal) phase is no different than an ICBM - which makes them just as vulnerable a target.

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTEhG8zzftQ at the 11:30 mark.


181 posted on 03/02/2022 8:12:01 AM PST by JME_FAN
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