Calm down, champ. I'm just reproducing the discussion I watched on a military forum that I follow:
I don't think he ever said that about the silos.
In that case, it might help me understand. I followed and Fernando's argument makes this issue clear on the radar horizon. It can help me understand. I followed the entire debate and Fernando's argument makes this question clear.
And no radar detection, no discrimination, or missile guidance. The PAC-3, SM-6 and THAAD would be useless against a Mach 23+ target as well. Their interceptors are hopelessly slow for that task.
Exactly. The other commentator is dismissing this issue of the impossibility of viewing any FOBS at lower altitudes and thinks the Aegis ships will provide sufficient coverage to track and guide the missiles, with the interception window being even smaller due to the low altitude. Only in perfect condition could the Aegis theoretically shoot down an SM-3 FOBS, and even then, to be really effective, the missile would have to pass over the ship for any time sufficient for the missiles' intercept and guidance window.
Really. There is this argument by Fernando in the forum I posted, stating that even THAAD having higher speed, it would not be able to match the speed of an HGV, as well as its maneuverability, even if THAAD has the ability to track, it would not have the the speed necessary to reach the HGV and the atmospheric maneuver of the glider would make intercepting even more difficult, even in the terminal phase.
Last month, the USAF secretary commented on the possibility of a Chinese FOBS. I think the Chinese are hiding the game to avoid an escalation of arms, if the Cold War serves as an example between the Soviets and Americans.
