Re:Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic mis...
by rapsey on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @02:28AM
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[0] Is I have to say simply wrong on every point.
Russia has large missile defense deployments S400 and S500 and selling them to lots of countries. This is in no way a secret and a huge bone of contention between Turkey and the US for their purchase of S400.
Hypersonic missiles make aircraft carriers sitting ducks without any defense. This is a pretty damn large shift in military power at the US expense.
Re:Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic mis...
by DuskStar on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:19AM
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For hypersonic missiles to work against ships, they require either nukes - in which case conventional ICBMs on a lower trajectory work fine - or terminal guidance, which is an absolute bitch through 3000K plasma. There's a difference between being maneuverable and maneuvering to hit a moving target, after all.
I don't think they change the naval balance of power much.
Re:Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic mis...
by wnkrshm on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @10:52AM
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[0] is exclusively concerned with the balance of nuclear deterrence - it's the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists after all. What they mean with missile defense is defense against strategic nuclear weapons.
[0] https://thebulletin.org/2020/01/hypersonic-missiles-new-arms...
[1] https://www.rand.org/blog/2018/03/hypersonic-missiles-a-new-...