“Our procurement system and political system are so broken we’re going to lose our tech edge, which is about all that is keeping us head-and-shoulders above the rest.”
Let’s hope Trump can start to turn things around!
The other thing I forgot to add to the Sunburn summary is that, unlike the Harpoon, it actively jinks during the terminal phase to avoid countermeasures...
heh, a real-life example of roboteching. But not good to hear that the Sunburn is surpassing our Harpoon in multiple ways.
The Yakhont and Sunburn have been around for years. I hope that was long enough for effective countermeasures to have been developed. The only thing I can think of might be the Phalanx gun, which could shatter the missiles on their way it. Of course, you’d still have pieces come in at supersonic speeds...