• footfaults [none/use name]
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    132 years ago

    Wasn’t the point of hypersonic missiles being that they are so fast, and can make small course changes that make intercepts impossible due to the time between it happening and when an interceptor reacts?

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    62 years ago

    Could

    lenin-sure They will likely come up with some no-bid sweetheart deal between numerous military-industrial complex grifters and make silly shit that can’t operate in the rain or that requires a new paint job every time it’s turned on.

  • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Riiiight, you’re going to build a thing that presumably goes mach 10 which can shoot other things moving at mach 10

    Biden is slowly just morphing into Reagan

    Call it Star Wars Joe!

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      92 years ago

      Riiiight, you’re going to build a thing that presumably goes mach 10 which can shoot other things moving at mach 10

      Biden is slowly just morphing into Reagan

      Call it Star Wars Joe!

      If it’s laser-based (and it may have to be if it’s going to intercept anything going that fast) it is the Star Wars thing all over again! freedom-and-democracy

  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]
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    42 years ago

    Seems like a bit of a stretch if you’re having trouble developing a normal hypersonic missle. Presumably, you’d need to make something faster and more agile.

  • Hank
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    32 years ago

    I’d prefer if they’d build big ass robots.

  • @[email protected]
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    32 years ago

    Pissing off the rest of Asia in 3… 2… 1…

    Japanese demilitarization post-WW2 kept relations stable and happy. What will this do?

  • @[email protected]
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    02 years ago

    Maybe splitting the cost over two countries is worth it? Japan would benefit from decreasing the risk of hypersonics to US air craft carriers

  • Khalic
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    02 years ago

    Minovsky particles at combat density captain!