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US and Japan could develop hypersonic missile interceptors together (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[-] Bakzik@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

Listen to me Jack, and listen carefully. This is why you can't have free healthcare biden-troll

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm gonna cleanse you in nuclear hellfire, Jack brandon

[-] footfaults@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Wasn't the point of hypersonic missiles being that they are so fast, and can make small course changes that make intercepts impossible due to the time between it happening and when an interceptor reacts?

[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

It is easier to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile and the US still doesn't have ICBM interception technology.

Good luck.

[-] Wheeze@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

What? USA has been able to do that for decades

[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Not reliably. If it was reliable at any point the US would have used nukes on someone else by now.

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Except ... they do. Since 2020

I'm not saying in actual use it's reliable, but then again that's true of every country's ICBC interception capabilities. Missile guidance tech is one of the things the USA has an edge in.

[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

It isnt reliable. That's the point. Also, note that it isn't for ICBMs, but short and mid range BMs.

[-] 5ublimation@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

"Could" doing lots of work here

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Could

lenin-sure They will likely come up with some no-bid sweetheart deal between numerous military-industrial complex grifters and make silly shit that can't operate in the rain or that requires a new paint job every time it's turned on.

[-] KingBoo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Let's just copy the Japanese rail system instead...

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Riiiight, you're going to build a thing that presumably goes mach 10 which can shoot other things moving at mach 10

Biden is slowly just morphing into Reagan

Call it Star Wars Joe!

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Riiiight, you're going to build a thing that presumably goes mach 10 which can shoot other things moving at mach 10

Biden is slowly just morphing into Reagan

Call it Star Wars Joe!

If it's laser-based (and it may have to be if it's going to intercept anything going that fast) it is the Star Wars thing all over again! freedom-and-democracy

[-] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Seems like a bit of a stretch if you're having trouble developing a normal hypersonic missle. Presumably, you'd need to make something faster and more agile.