Planefag did a good break down of it:As someone pointed out to me.
It missed its target by two miles, and is slower then most other glide vehicles that have been tested.
Why do you people think this is new and that we havnt don't it yet? The US has been working on this stuff since 2011
Planefag did a good break down of it:
That is a reasonable accuracy for inter-continental nuclear artillery.It missed its target by two miles, and is slower then most other glide vehicles that have been tested.
Not really in this day and age.That is a reasonable accuracy for inter-continental nuclear artillery.
2 miles off is huge especially even with a nukeThat is a reasonable accuracy for inter-continental nuclear artillery.
Good graphic on why hypersonics are a different threat than normal ICBMs, and not just a relabel of ICBM tech.
A near direct hit with a nuke does less to a hardened target than most think. Nukes are for soft targets, namely cities. Even if you don't destroy the actual tooling, every factory in the city will be mission killed by the subsequent evacuations.With 170kt warhead (Minuteman-III) two miles off is a difference between hardened target being destroyed and hardened target being shaken, but not stirred.
Two dozen miles not two miles...As someone pointed out to me.
It missed its target by two miles, and is slower then most other glide vehicles that have been tested.
Why do you people think this is new and that we havnt don't it yet? The US has been working on this stuff since 2011
It was.Just heard today that it was actually 25 miles off target. Don't know how true that is, and I am still trying to verify the source.
I apologize.Two dozen miles not two miles...
It was.
China surprises U.S. with hypersonic missile test, FT reports
China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught U.S. intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times reported, citing five unnamed sources.www.reuters.com
I apologize.
That is even WORSE for them