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2016-01-26 China-Japan-Koreas

Stratcom: China Moving Rapidly to Deploy New Hypersonic Glider

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-01-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 In yet another dispute with the ground forces the air forces now proposes to retire half the EC-130H fleet in order to provide more money for F-35s and the new heavy bomber.

Proving once again that the F-35 may as well have been designed by our worst enemy.

Posted by gorb 2016-01-26 00:37|| 2016-01-26 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Whoops, posted under wrong article.

Posted by gorb 2016-01-26 00:39|| 2016-01-26 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I am confused about the terms they use. To me, nothing that is unpowered can "glide" faster than the terminal velocity of a falling object - which is effectively "gliding" straight down.

The exception is a "projectile" - but we do not say that a bullet "glides" to its target.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2016-01-26 00:54|| 2016-01-26 00:54|| Front Page Top

#4 You posted correctly, Gorb. So much more to this.

Posted by newc 2016-01-26 02:44|| 2016-01-26 02:44|| Front Page Top

#5 How fast do you think the business end of a Minuteman III reenters the atmosphere?

How hard do you think it is to put moveable fins on a reentry vehicle? "Add a couple states to the Kalman filter Scotty!"

Just saying.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-26 06:46|| 2016-01-26 06:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I tend to ask questions; sorry. RVs have a high orbital velocity so they reenter at hypersonic speeds. It takes development work to put moveable fins on a RV but conceptually it is not difficult. Kalman filters are used by tracking radars to predict where to put the next track pulse, and BTW, the interceptor.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-26 08:01|| 2016-01-26 08:01|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2016-01-26 08:44|| 2016-01-26 08:44|| Front Page Top

#8 That kind of RV would be easier for THAAD to hit. :-)

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-26 16:34|| 2016-01-26 16:34|| Front Page Top

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