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Originally Posted by Cheese
Never suggested he was an expert, but he certainly spelled out what a hypersonic missile was clearly and concisely. Im assuming our experts here could weigh in if something is out of place.
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He really didn't. The fact that he talks of ICBM being hypersonic (duh? it's a rocket) and not once mentioning the word radar on his thread or its importance shows he has no idea what he's talking about.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/art...tem_right.html
Also...tracking...and destroying are two totally different actions.
You can identify a launch, you can track it to a degree, your chances of destroying it with current anti-defense systems meant to intercept are extremely low as it does not have the ballistic characteristic as an ICBM.
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The U.S. leads the world in almost every aspect of military capability and capacity, except for hypersonic weapons. Both Russia and China are well ahead of the U.S. in the development and fielding of hypersonic weapons technology, and as stated by General John Hyten, then Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, in March 2018, “we don’t have any defense that could deny the employment of such a weapon against us.” This is still the case today.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/polit...est/index.html
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“They launched a long-range missile,” General John Hyten, the outgoing vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told CBS News. “It went around the world, dropped off a hypersonic glide vehicle that glided all the way back to China, that impacted a target in China.”
When asked if the missile hit the target, Hyten said, “Close enough.”
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General John Hyten knows a bit more then a sci fi author. I will trust the former's cause for concern.