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To: Levy78

Can you stage a container of drones close enough to land-based ICBM launch sites to punctute the skin of a missle in early boost phase, making it non aerodynamic, to the point it is no longer mission capable?

Subs are immune since the ocean is too large to have coverage, bombers fly too high and too fast.

Russian hypersonics are probably immune.


50 posted on 03/09/2024 8:44:06 AM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Can you stage a container of drones close enough to land-based ICBM launch sites to punctute the skin of a missle in early boost phase, making it non aerodynamic, to the point it is no longer mission capable?

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Possibly, but unlikely. Of course, for now, it would have to be a FPV ‘suicide’ drone flown by a person. It would always have to be launched by hand so there’d have to be assets on the ground. Nuke security wasn’t my thing, so I don’t know what’s in place around launch silos, but I would assume it’s substantial and includes counter-drone capabilities.


52 posted on 03/09/2024 8:58:53 AM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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