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Re:The XB-70 (2019) by ethbr1 on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:21AM (#43180884)
We also live in a world where Russia launches conventionally armed IRBMs against their neighbor.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile)#First_ope...

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Re:The XB-70 (2019) by varjag on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @04:22AM (#43182153)
It was not conventionally armed. It had dummy training warheads, conventional payloads for it are not even being developed. There are hardly any targets for which lobbing high explosive with an ICBM is cost effective.
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Re:The XB-70 (2019) by ethbr1 on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @06:48AM (#43182820)
> There are hardly any targets for which lobbing high explosive with an ICBM is cost effective.

Unless your neighbor has effective air defenses and you want to make a political point...

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