> It's worth noting that at these speeds a "long" period need only be ~1 hour to reach a target from launch. A flight from Hawaii to Taipei would be 1.3 hours a

> It's worth noting that at these speeds a "long" period need only be ~1 hour to reach a target from launch. A flight from Hawaii to Taipei would be 1.3 hours at Mach 5, and 54 minutes at Mach 7. > These weapons represent an ability for both the US and China to conventionally intervene from their mainlands to any location within the Pacific. Is that the kind of range these have? Almost 9,000 miles from LA to the South Western most corner of the Pacific. If you meant the North Pacific then even the western edge of the US to the yellow sea is over 5,500 miles. Ballistic missiles of course have these kind of ranges and can carry conventional payloads.