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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by atroche on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:51AM (#21190815)
Do they have the capacity to hit targets in the continental US without winning naval supremacy?
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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by amdavidson on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:03AM (#21190888)
Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-41
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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by baq on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:07AM (#21190909)
They can launch people into orbit and safely bring them back. Hitting a ground target with an ICBM is about the same difficulty.
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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:55AM (#21190832)
I don't think the navy can do anything about ICBMs, but even if, they can start by nuking the US navy.
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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by arethuza on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:31AM (#21191066)
The US Navy does appear to have an ABM capability on some of its ships:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defens...

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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by vonmoltke on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:40AM (#21191569)
As noted in that article, the system is ineffective (officially, at least) against ICBMs. It only works against ballistic missiles that don't leave the atmosphere.
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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:46AM (#21191156)
Good to know. Now the question is, can the newest AEGIS deal with China's newest hypersonic ICBMs. It's a question I very much don't want to see answered through actual test.
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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by merpnderp on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:44AM (#21191140)
They can't nuke the subs, who's primary purpose is to ensure retaliation, which hopefully the fear of keeps countries from launching nukes.
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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by atroche on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:07AM (#21190903)
I probably should’ve done a quick search instead of asking:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-para...

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Re:Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hon... by nabla9 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:55AM (#21190833)
Yes.
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