Just another excuse to shovel more money to the corrupt arms industry at a time when we are essentially bankrupt. I dare say that the financial hole we’ve allowed ourselves to dig is way more of a threat to our national security than worrying about missile interceptors.
A huge example of what a CF this administration is!!
(If Russia launches a hypersonic missile traveling 6,000 mph and “you are the commander of an aircraft carrier in the Greenland gap … what do you do?” he asked.)
Then it’s World War III
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And how long until North Korea has these weapons? Iran? Venezuela? Brazil?
More likely is that we try to repulse a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and our carrier groups are attacked from both directions by hypersonics, ballistic missiles and drones in a combined Chinese and Russian attack.
Does anyone have “adequate” defenses?
Maybe the government can just stop antagonizing Russia?
I refuse to believe a hypersonic missile traveling 6,000 mph can be guided and is not purely ballistic in nature.
Hypersonics at 6000MPH?
Russia’s 19,800MPH Avangard and 16,000MPH RS-28 Sarmat missile, China’s 19,000MPH Dongfeng-41, begs to differ.
We also don’t have any effective defense against ICBMs at 15,000MPH.
For 70+ years and 350+ billion dollars, we have nothing.
It's the SM-6, not SM-67. And it has nothing to do with the Patriot. Of course, the reason Russia doesn't actually fire a missile at a US Carrier is the retaliation they would face. I'm positive that given the chance, I could punch Mike Tyson in the mouth. But I doubt I would like what followed. Same with the USN.
Biden cut $400 billion from missile defense following in 0bma’s footsteps or follow 0bama’s directive. Pick one or both.
Not really...there’s still Kamala’s hyena laugh.
Aegis, our current naval anti-missile defense system, tracks missiles and projects their course and speed. Regardless how fast that missile is traveling, if a ship fires an anti-missile missile that will intercept the missile along it’s project flight path, it will shoot the missile down. If the hyper-sonic missile is fired close enough that there is not enough reaction time than countermeasures include the AN-SLQ-32 to jam the missile, the phalanx system to track and shoot-down the missile, as well as Chaff.
If an extended range Standard missile (SM-6) can intercept a ballistic missile than it can intercept a hypersonic missile. Remember Ukraine shoot down Russian hypersonic missiles using the Patriot system.
So...we can’t adequately defend ourselves, but the ‘troops’ are doing well in their transgender studies and woke assignments.
We are so screwed. Likely will take a whole boatload of us aging veterans to get us through the next war. I can’t march as far as I could fifty years ago, but I can still hit a target out to 800 yards or so... Count me in, if it comes to it.