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AFAIK US doesn't have any ABM system that can intercept mach 20 ICBMs, let alone in terminal phase. The closest was FTM-44 in 2020 that hit an "ICBM representat

AFAIK US doesn't have any ABM system that can intercept mach 20 ICBMs, let alone in terminal phase. The closest was FTM-44 in 2020 that hit an "ICBM representative" target midcourse in "highly favourable", i.e. not operational conditions. Which doesn't reveal speed of mock target, but IIRC there was testimony to subcommittee on strategic forces a couple years ago where director of missile defense stated US does not have systems to track "much less intercept" missiles going at mach20, suggesting limits of current capabilities. I would guess not much more than mach10, seeing how few Fattah 1s (mach10-15) were not intercepted in last round of ballistic attacks against Israel in October, where USS Bulkeley (which has ANSPY6V1 / aka highend AEGIS BMD) was trying to shoot them down with SM3s. Granted we don't know interception % of Bulkely, or how many they tried to intercept, but a lot of "high"end Iranian missiles (really medium tier) got through.

LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
It could have, something like this, just more modern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile) <- Tip glowing white hot while ascending with 100Gs. Whee! Combine this with facilities like these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program and have modular mini nuke breeders on site, powering atmospheric capture of CO² to turn them into synthetic fuels. Pharaonic Profits!1!!
- maxglute 2y ago
  Shooting down nukes with mini nukes during terminal interception, i.e. over your soil is probably only going to fly during cold war hysteria. Safeguard was about protecting nukes in silos before SSBNs added survivability to triad. I suggest: https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Firestorm_wall_section https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Firestorm_wall_section
  - LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
    Unconvinced :) Maybe something more like this? https://duckduckgo.com/texas+tesla+tower https://duckduckgo.com/texas+tesla+tower But this still has to get reliable ännärdshy from somewhere, so the possible synergy between modular mini nuke plants to power on site atmospheric capture of CO² to produce clean synfuels still applies!1!! Or maybe we could have an HVTC (High Voltage Teslatronic Current) atmospheric supersmartgrid, made out of a network of these. (Bzzzt Brrzzzzt Bzzzt Brrzzzzt)

LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago

It could have, something like this, just more modern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile) <- Tip glowing white hot while ascending with 100Gs. Whee! Combine this with facilities like these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program and have modular mini nuke breeders on site, powering atmospheric capture of CO² to turn them into synthetic fuels. Pharaonic Profits!1!!

maxglute 2y ago
Shooting down nukes with mini nukes during terminal interception, i.e. over your soil is probably only going to fly during cold war hysteria. Safeguard was about protecting nukes in silos before SSBNs added survivability to triad. I suggest: https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Firestorm_wall_section https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Firestorm_wall_section
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
  Unconvinced :) Maybe something more like this? https://duckduckgo.com/texas+tesla+tower https://duckduckgo.com/texas+tesla+tower But this still has to get reliable ännärdshy from somewhere, so the possible synergy between modular mini nuke plants to power on site atmospheric capture of CO² to produce clean synfuels still applies!1!! Or maybe we could have an HVTC (High Voltage Teslatronic Current) atmospheric supersmartgrid, made out of a network of these. (Bzzzt Brrzzzzt Bzzzt Brrzzzzt)