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No. Russian Zircon is to deal with the next after nuclear strategic threat to Russia - US aircraft carrier groups. US pursue hypersonic weapons for different pu
by trhway 5y ago
No. Russian Zircon is to deal with the next after nuclear strategic threat to Russia - US aircraft carrier groups. US pursue hypersonic weapons for different purpose - fast global much less than nuclear strike capability, ie. being able to strike any given target anywhere in like under half an hour. And thus not really much of hypersonic development in US - the cheap ballistic would do it better, especially with SpaceX driving down the cost of it. DOD is already excited that almost immediate delivery of 100ton, ie. instead of several C-130, payload by Starship anywhere in the world looks to be under $50M.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> US pursue hypersonic weapons for different purpose - fast global much less than nuclear strike capability Ballistic missiles fly much, much faster than hypersonics. Speed is not their advantage.
- twistedpair 5y agoBallistic missiles give of bright, very hot exhaust plumes on leaving their silos. Any major world power with a down looking infrared satellite (or watching for "WTF was that launch in my wheat field" tweets from farmers"), will know when it launches, and have a relative idea of where it's headed and when it will land. A hyper-sonic cruise missile is much more stealthy, giving it the element of surprise.