‘impossible to intercept’
particle beam weapon.
Wow, uninerceptable. I wonder if it’s uninterceptable as well....
I don’t know the scope of all of this. I am mindful of an old bromide: What is possible is done. What is impossible will be done.
what difference does it make?...if the whiners and wimps like the ones here on fr get bamey elected, he won’t even have a missile defense....fire away , Russia....
Yeah, and the Titanic was unsinkable too.
Really big gas tank, or really short range.
If this is really a “cruise missle” it is intended to fly over long distances to a target for a precision strike. That takes fuel, lots of it. So does flying at supersonic speed which takes MUCH more fuel. Something wrong with this picture....if this thing does fly at Mach 2.5 it can only be for a very short time, probably at the terminal point of its flight.....
Regardless, it is fully vulnerable at its “slow flight” mode....and at Mach 2.5 it sacrifices much maneuverability needed for a precision strike. Something wrong here....
Another hypersonic missile announcement from Russia. How many of these claims have we heard over the past 10 years?
All I can say is never say never.
Just rearrange the letters and it is a Sham, Bro.
Yeah, but will it fly?
Even the Russkies are outsourcing their defence work!
Lemme get this straight...
India, well known for people who screw up my customer accounts from US 1-800 # lines due to the fact they couldn’t speak English and worship cows who take a dump in their city streets...combined with Russians, who lost their Soviet satellites to Reagan’s doctrine, have created an UNinterceptable’ (Bush-speak) missile?
I have a bridge to sell to you guys...
Haven’t we been researching & developing scramjet projectiles too? Seems like I read about it 5 years ago.
Only if you’re shooting after it with something typically slower that needs to catch up with it. Of course if you’re shooting at it on the receiving end (the whole point - it will be coming AT you not away from you), an intercept projectile can calculate the projected intercept point regardless of how fast it’s going. So, ridiculous claim.
Just need to explode some chaff in front of it. The kinetic energy will take it out. Also, can’t out run a laser.
An AMRAAM is ~ MACH 4.
Cant burn that fast that long, would have to be huge to contain the fuel
so, would have to be fired close in, within 15 miles or so to maintain that speed for that flight