The X-51 Waverider
The X-51 Waverider
That idea has been debunked so many times it's pathetic.
WHAT is left unsaid is that a moderate sized nuclear weapon can sink a carrier. If a war goes nuclear it most likely will do it at sea.
Maybe we shouldn’t have been so quick to dismantle our ICBM sites and depend on ships and subs.
Make that 36 times (for equivalent weight). Kinetic energy is 1/2 mv^2.
Despite the new missile technology, anyone stupid enough to take a shot at one of our Aircraft Carriers would meet their own end pretty quickly. Firing on a Capital warship is a overt act of war, and is equivalent to firing on US soil. If anyone were lucky enough to actually score a hit on a carrier, they could likely expect incoming ICBMs in retaliation.
Then the next round of super weapons stories start when the army of H1B and university grad students rush more technology to Red China . . . .
But don’t you see? If we get rid of all our military....everybody else will get rid of theirs too!/s
DADT beats military superiority. Just ask the 111th Congress. Rainbow power. </sarcasm>
They need up close laser protection.. for fast flying anything..
This seems like the same problem potentially affecting space craft. At high speeds a micro-meteorite can rip through and damage who knows what. So what’s the problem with firing shells with depleted uranium shot. The shells are detonated in a manner that enables them to intercept any missile no matter how fast. Wouldn’t the damage destroy the aerodynamics of the missile? That coupled with the high speed should cause the missile to self-destruct.
What happened to the Brilliant Pebbles” idea?
My guess is they are looking for multiple launching platforms and that is the air platform for their Hypersonic Missile. Note, we seen Gear Doors, but no Weapons Bay Doors yet. The Million Dollar question IMHO is where is it and how big....
If so the J20 is a get up close and let this missille go without any warning or us being able to retort. Is an updated version of the MIG-25 if you will? A Bomber or launching platform more than a fighter?
Dragon’s Fury redux, Jeff?
” It can fly at an altitude of 15 kilometres, or just meters above the waves.”
Those are some mighty big waves.
It’s always possible Obama would do nothing after China takes out our carrier, but then again, if China thinks they can take out our carriers with no repercussions whatsoever, why don’t they do so? Anything is possible. What is likely, however, is Obama and the Democrats would get slaughtered in ‘12. The military and other institutions would turn on him. Sane Democrats probably know this. So there’s no guarantees Obama would do nothing.