TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
An abort not a fail. The last fail was 2018. The missile had no warhead and as yet no reason for the abort. A ground abort just means they stopped the count down.
All missile armed nations run regularly scheduled tests.
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All missile armed nations run regularly scheduled tests.
Of course you can always sit out the denotation of the incoming warheads, and launch the Minuteman afterwards, as soon as the guys fixed the issues.
Oh, wait, not , the incoming warheads will destroy the ICBM : O
Wow thats very fast
It seems that their 6th generation program is going well. They have a clear strategy/vision on what they want to do and they are clearly following it
I dont know if this is the correct photo or just a stock photo, but check the article's pic of the drone:
That's just a rendering. There are no confirmed images of the RQ-180.
Yup, except that photo is - iirc - an RQ-170. There are two nacelles people have ID'ed that look like Wraith almost exactly.
Could still be an RQ-180, but my guess is that it is not.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
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So I post this, not for you but the education of others who can actually learn.
US Nuclear deterrence is based on three points, First response the ground based are the “Nuclear Sponge” the Silos are harder and numbers are large and remote. With the intent to trying to draw off attacking systems from populations. This is however not the secondary wave it’s meant to launch in the first event.
The Abort of the test was as the test could abort it had the luxury of such.
In an actual nuclear exchange the silos would be emptied in the first launch either as a preemptive strike or in reaction to a launch.
This is then followed by Bombers whom take longer to sortie and would be dealing with both the delay and air defense systems. Finally you have the subs. Who are the last delayed launch.
ABM has been in the news a lot but generally it has limited numbers. About 64 missiles for gmd maybe 32 ship platforms with a dozen or so each which added together doesn’t equal the number of missiles that in theory would be Targeted at the US if doomsday came. My best estimate is 30 warheads to each interceptor not good odds.
I have you on ignore, only occasionally do I bother to see what ever was posted due to the fact that it’s like this 99% Being a Troll.
So I post this, not for you but the education of others who can actually learn.
US Nuclear deterrence is based on three points, First response the ground based are the “Nuclear Sponge” the Silos are harder and numbers are large and remote. With the intent to trying to draw off attacking systems from populations. This is however not the secondary wave it’s meant to launch in the first event.
The Abort of the test was as the test could abort it had the luxury of such.
In an actual nuclear exchange the silos would be emptied in the first launch either as a preemptive strike or in reaction to a launch.
This is then followed by Bombers whom take longer to sortie and would be dealing with both the delay and air defense systems. Finally you have the subs. Who are the last delayed launch.
ABM has been in the news a lot but generally it has limited numbers. About 64 missiles for gmd maybe 32 ship platforms with a dozen or so each which added together doesn’t equal the number of missiles that in theory would be Targeted at the US if doomsday came. My best estimate is 30 warheads to each interceptor not good odds.
The Minuteman story is more sorry than seems on surface.
IT showing the decay of the USA military, and the inability to change strategy, define priorities.
The minuteman design life expired in 2008, the original test inventory supposed to be exhausted by 2004, however by decreasing the test launches from 7 to 4 in the 90s they managed to prolong it until 2008.
The minuteman is an old clunker, way beyond its designed life.
At that point of time they started to use in service missiles for testing, so there was a decommissioning of 50 minuteman, converted to test vehicle.
This inventory should be exhausted by this year, and the USA air force has to deactivate on duty missiles from the leftover 400 for testing.
The system is at the end of it life, means more and more problem surfacing due aging, means the number of tests should go UP , at the same time the required money to keep the system operable going up, and getting close to the cost of a new system - because there is a need to re-design parts of the missile.
The industrial base for spares didn't existed any more in the 90s, so imagine the cost of upgrades / new parts now.
Seeing big problems that surface to the public domain means the system now has extreme level of issues, considering all test info is secret.
IT showing the decay of the USA military, and the inability to change strategy, define priorities.
The minuteman design life expired in 2008, the original test inventory supposed to be exhausted by 2004, however by decreasing the test launches from 7 to 4 in the 90s they managed to prolong it until 2008.
The minuteman is an old clunker, way beyond its designed life.
At that point of time they started to use in service missiles for testing, so there was a decommissioning of 50 minuteman, converted to test vehicle.
This inventory should be exhausted by this year, and the USA air force has to deactivate on duty missiles from the leftover 400 for testing.
The system is at the end of it life, means more and more problem surfacing due aging, means the number of tests should go UP , at the same time the required money to keep the system operable going up, and getting close to the cost of a new system - because there is a need to re-design parts of the missile.
The industrial base for spares didn't existed any more in the 90s, so imagine the cost of upgrades / new parts now.
Seeing big problems that surface to the public domain means the system now has extreme level of issues, considering all test info is secret.
According to this Breaking Defense report, the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon will have a range of over 2,775 km when fired from Army mobile launchers and ship based systems.
They speculate that given the range, the missile could be launched from Guam to attack Chinese forces invading Taiwan. Alternatively, if based in Japan, they could be used to deliver timely strikes deep into mainland China.
The US seems to be developing a decent array of precision strike hypersonic or otherwise munitions. The article mentions the PRSM (310 miles with expected range to nearly triple), MRC (1,118 miles) and LRHW (1,725) on top of the Extended Range Artllary Cannon other systems already in service. The only thing that remains to be seen is what numbers and how quickly these weapons will be procured.