Re:US Military's Microwave Weapon Can Fry North Korean Missi...
by squarefoot on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:51PM
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"If the US and allies could take down a rocket they'd shoot down every NK test missle just to make a point."
I'm not sure that news is true, shooting down a missile with something that doesn't fly and is not a laser would require an immense power, but anyway, using it on test missiles would be a really bad move: if you have a countermeasure you never use it until when it's really necessary (war) both to keep the surprise element and to give minimum information to the enemy about what you can or -even more important- cannot do.
I'm not sure that news is true, shooting down a missile with something that doesn't fly and is not a laser would require an immense power, but anyway, using it on test missiles would be a really bad move: if you have a countermeasure you never use it until when it's really necessary (war) both to keep the surprise element and to give minimum information to the enemy about what you can or -even more important- cannot do.