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Didn’t Russia beat the USA to hypersonic glide missiles? I’d be interested to know what measures are deemed trying to defend against/defeat MAD.
by liamwire 5y ago
Didn’t Russia beat the USA to hypersonic glide missiles? I’d be interested to know what measures are deemed trying to defend against/defeat MAD.
- sudosysgen 5y agoHypersonic glide vehicles are measures that strengthen MAD, not try to defeat them. And yes, they did beat the US to it. The purpose for HGV development was to evade ballistic missile defences.
- SkittyDog 5y agoIt's not clear whether Russia actually has an operational HGV capability, or not. For the record, it's also not clear with Status-6 is operational, either. But the technology behind Status-6 is pretty much all stuff that we already know they have working, whereas HGVs maybe not so much.
- sudosysgen 5y agoAvangard was demostrated to the US DoD: https://tass.com/defense/1092885 https://tass.com/defense/1092885 US Generals have said quite plainly that Russia and China are simply ahead in hypersonics, and I'm sure if the demonstration of Avangard to the US was dodgy they'd be called out.
- maxfromua 5y agoIt was a disinformation campaign about hypersonic missiles.
- sudosysgen 5y agoHow so?