You can quickly determine where an ICBM is going after launch. Hypersonic missiles can manuever to such a degree that you have no idea what the target is. This lowers the perceived cost of using these. How could we justify a massive nuclear strike if China launches just a few of these and we aren't sure where they are going?
Us and Russia could have made something like this in the 60s but determined that it would destabilize the arms race. MAD worked because either party would have enough time to launch a counter attack.
We had a related program that we cancelled for similar reasons despite technical feasibility. This was a nuclear powered cruise missile that could just orbit the pacific for months on end until we directed it to attack a target. Russia is currently trying to revive this concept.
You can quickly determine where an ICBM is going after launch. Hypersonic missiles can manuever to such a degree that you have no idea what the target is. This lowers the perceived cost of using these. How could we justify a massive nuclear strike if China launches just a few of these and we aren't sure where they are going?
Us and Russia could have made something like this in the 60s but determined that it would destabilize the arms race. MAD worked because either party would have enough time to launch a counter attack.
We had a related program that we cancelled for similar reasons despite technical feasibility. This was a nuclear powered cruise missile that could just orbit the pacific for months on end until we directed it to attack a target. Russia is currently trying to revive this concept.
You can quickly determine where an ICBM is going after launch. Hypersonic missiles can manuever to such a degree that you have no idea what the target is. This lowers the perceived cost of using these. How could we justify a massive nuclear strike if China launches just a few of these and we aren't sure where they are going?
Us and Russia could have made something like this in the 60s but determined that it would destabilize the arms race. MAD worked because either party would have enough time to launch a counter attack.
We had a related program that we cancelled for similar reasons despite technical feasibility. This was a nuclear powered cruise missile that could just orbit the pacific for months on end until we directed it to attack a target. Russia is currently trying to revive this concept.
Thanks.
So we all die now.
Thanks, Hillary.
China already has an insane stated policy that any conventional attack on China will be met with a nuclear strike, so...
(Also they recently expanded their ICBM force, and are getting closer to parity with US and Russia on number of missiles)
There will soon come a day in America when all those assholes with sneaker collections worth millions, will be turned on and called filthy communists Cos all the shoes were made in China and they obviously are filthy commies for even owning them.
That’s gonna be hilarious
