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escobar

Brigadier
What a stupid waste of money.

There's a reason why nobody else uses supersonic LACMs. They combine the drawbacks of both ballistic missiles (everyone can see you) and subsonic LACMs (all sorts of air defense assets, both SAMs and fighters, can take potshots at you. A long range supersonic LACM is essentially just a giant supersonic target drone). Something with a 2000km range and a Mach 3-3.5 speed will get shot down by SAMs, the PLAAF/PLANAF and DDGs long before it gets to Beijing.

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DF-100 is a long range supersonic cruise missile...
 

escobar

Brigadier
Hypersonic. Mach 5+ at very high altitude is very different than Mach 2-3 at mid altitude
Not this again. DF-100 is not hypersonic.
 

FairAndUnbiased

Brigadier
Registered Member
Not this again. DF-100 is not hypersonic.
If it actually is supersonic only throughout the entire flight profile then it's a bad weapon. supersonic flight takes much more energy at low altitudes and reduces range. Modern supersonic antiship missiles are supersonic in terminal phase only to extend the range.

There's no advantage to terminal phase supersonic for land attack missiles, the danger of interceptions isn't terminal phase like it is for ships.
 

emblem21

Major
Registered Member
Some stupid words are more appropriate to share here.
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People on this TV program is blathering about trying to prove that Taiwan's missiles are powerful.
He claims that DF tactical missiles using parabola can be intercepted,but Taiwan's missiles are unpredictable.
Sounds like he is describing the reverse but whatever floats his boat
 
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