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[0] Is I have to say simply wrong on every point. Russia has large missile defense deployments S400 and S500 and selling them to lots of countries. This is in
by rapsey 7y ago
[0] Is I have to say simply wrong on every point.
Russia has large missile defense deployments S400 and S500 and selling them to lots of countries. This is in no way a secret and a huge bone of contention between Turkey and the US for their purchase of S400.
Hypersonic missiles make aircraft carriers sitting ducks without any defense. This is a pretty damn large shift in military power at the US expense.
- DuskStar 7y agoFor hypersonic missiles to work against ships, they require either nukes - in which case conventional ICBMs on a lower trajectory work fine - or terminal guidance, which is an absolute bitch through 3000K plasma. There's a difference between being maneuverable and maneuvering to hit a moving target, after all. I don't think they change the naval balance of power much.
- wnkrshm 7y ago[0] is exclusively concerned with the balance of nuclear deterrence - it's the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists after all. What they mean with missile defense is defense against strategic nuclear weapons.