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2018-11-22 Science & Technology

Navy Developing Prompt Hyper-sonic Global Strike Weapon that Could Launch from Sub or Surface Ship

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Posted by 3dc 2018-11-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Still playing catch-up, I see....

Posted by Butch Hupomock9008 2018-11-22 09:04|| 2018-11-22 09:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Still trying to see the point of this weapon, other than the Cool Factor™. AEW drones at the horizon on the threat axis and arm them with interceptor missiles... To be going this fast for any distance will mean the missile will necessarily have to get bigger and bigger and bigger until it stops being a swarm weapon and becomes a strategic weapon.

Posted by magpie 2018-11-22 11:56|| 2018-11-22 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Something to do with Lockheed Martin possibly ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-22 12:01|| 2018-11-22 12:01|| Front Page Top

#4 The metallurgy involved in the engine and its nosecone will be helpful in future SSTO development. But this thing will radiate enough thermal energy that any high altitude sensor can spot it in lane-of-sight, Stealthy it ain't. So get a swarm of loitering (probably stealthy as well) drones up high and just wait for the incandescent object to appear on their passive IR sensors.

Posted by magpie 2018-11-22 12:16|| 2018-11-22 12:16|| Front Page Top

#5 true, but speed, not stealth, is it's advantage

Posted by Frank G 2018-11-22 12:24|| 2018-11-22 12:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Velocity has a ferocity all its own. ;-)

Posted by Zorba Oppressor of the Ostrogoths8656 2018-11-22 17:58|| 2018-11-22 17:58|| Front Page Top

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