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As far as I know, no one is currently equipped to defend a warship against a hypersonic missile. Doing so would require energy weapon technology that has yet t
by jqpabc123 2y ago
As far as I know, no one is currently equipped to defend a warship against a hypersonic missile.
Doing so would require energy weapon technology that has yet to be invented or deployed.
- bell-cot 2y agoPossibly true. OTOH, the original comment said "destroyed at lost cost" and "given a little ingenuity". At least for now, ship-killer hypersonic missiles are (at best) expensive, bleeding-edge tech. And - given the 1985 success of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-135_ASAT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-135_ASAT - knocking down mere hypersonic missiles may actually not be all that difficult with current-era tech.
- jqpabc123 2y agoThe latest and greatest Ford class US aircraft carrier costs over $13 billion for the ship itself --- not counting any aircraft on board. According to a CBO study from January 2023, a hypersonic missile capable of destroying it is expected to cost the Pentagon $41 million each --- 0.3 percent of the cost of the ship --- aka target. These Long-Range Hypersonic Weapons (LRHW) are scheduled for delivery to the US military later this year. Russia and China supposedly have already deployed similar. Relatively speaking, these missiles are "low cost". https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ford-class-aircraft-carrier-the-us-navys-13000000000-mistake/ar-AA1oklNE https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ford-class-aircraf... https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11991 https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11991