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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by dirtyid on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:49PM (#25132995)
I think USN confidence of current abilities is reflected by the fact the Pompeo, as much of aChina hawk he is, no longer sends US carriers through the Taiwan strait. Clinton sent two during the third strait crisis. My understanding is USN is 5+ years out from having credible counters to Chinese AShM right now.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by Iv on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:57PM (#25133044)
There only so much you can do against ballistic threats.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by xster on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:27AM (#25133520)
Apparently it can even change course mid-flight. So it's even less likely the type of thing this countermeasure's meant to respond to.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25904/china-wants-u-s-...

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by ashtonkem on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:20AM (#25133466)
With the advent of hypersonic missiles, it's time for the return of flak. A few grams of aluminum do a lot of damage at mach 6.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by evilos on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:53AM (#25147184)
You'd have to hit the incoming pretty far out, or you're just gonna get hit by hypersonic buckshot.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by baybal2 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:36AM (#25134108)
They do not need a ballistic threat.

Very regular modern antiship missiles have very good chance overwhelming the carrier formation defences.

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by discordance on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:59AM (#25134585)
Doesn't help that they seem to collide into one another
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by oh_sigh on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @11:44PM (#25133296)
I don't think Pompeo's reasoning for not doing that is because he thinks China is going to start a hot war with the US by taking down two of its many aircraft carriers. A true war hawk would be salivating at the thought of China stupidly killing a few thousand Americans.
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