Posted on 11/20/2021 2:24:34 PM PST by BenLurkin
The companies will "complete an accelerated concept design" of a glide phase interceptor capable of tracking and targeting hypersonic missiles as they travel toward their target. The interceptors will be designed to integrate with the Pentagon’s existing Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system.
Further details on the contract were not made public, but Reuters reported the companies received separate contracts with a total value of $60 million.
"Multiple awards allow us to execute a risk reduction phase to explore industry concepts and maximize the benefits of a competitive environment to demonstrate the most effective and reliable Glide Phase Interceptor for regional hypersonic defense, as soon as possible," said Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, MDA’s Sea-based Weapon Systems program executive.
The contracts were announced amid growing competition between the U.S., China and Russia to develop hypersonic missiles. The missiles fly five times faster than the speed of sound and are capable of maneuvering en route to their target, sparking fears they could avoid traditional defense systems.
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Let’s use it in Portland!
Looks like we really need them but do we? We’ll always have to be ahead of the others. Are we beholden to the interests Eisenhower warned us of?
Hmm. Where did we get the technology? Better yet, do we even have it?
Or is this all just bluster in the face of the Chinese already demonstrating it?
Go Raytheon! (I have a little of their stock.)
We have it and we have hypersonic weapons. We just don’t allow our enemies to see it like China did.
You can almost see Russia rolling their eyes at the Chinese.
Besides a hypersonic interceptor I think the future will be a laser based interceptor, what’s faster than hypersonic ??
A laser based system, is it star wars fantasy, perhaps but so was hypersonic speed 10 or 20 years ago
“Where did we get the technology? Better yet, do we even have it?”
That’s classified.
“Or is this all just bluster in the face of the Chinese already demonstrating it?”
So is that.
We have been working on it at Lockheed since before they merged with Martin. But I don;t know how good we are today.
Big booster + a glide body is not hard. The material and navigation is hard.
Didn’t they already develop a ramjet that was pretty quick?
Somebody check the basement storage room for the old SkunkWorks prototype blueprints before we start chasing gremlins with broomsticks.
There have been airborne laser interceptor systems in operational testing for at least 10 years. check out the Boeing YAL-1
I’ve seen that but I’m talking an order of magnitude greater than what’s been shown so far, a Star Wars technology
Most warheads are traveling at Mach 20+ when they reenter the atmosphere and slow down due to air friction to about Mach 5+ by the time they hit their targets. This has been true from the days of the first ICBMs.
The maneuvering part is very difficult because of the effect it may have on accuracy - potentially very negative. If you are trying to hit a hard target you would not want additional accuracy problems like that. If you are aiming at a soft target this is not quite so bad.
Boeing YAL-1 now resides in the boneyard enjoying retirement, having not worked very well and too costly.
You can bet the Biden Crime Family has a piece of the Pentagon action.
AND THIS, TOO.
Biden is selling our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Asia…
It’s no secret that Americans are paying record prices at the gas pumps. Rapidly ascending prices also affect the cost of all the goods and services that are an integral part of the American economy. Farmers, manufacturers, delivery companies, repair people…you name it: They’re paying more to do their jobs and they’re passing those costs to consumers. So why now, of all times, is the Biden administration selling off America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (“SPR”) to Asia.
As the name suggests, the SPR is America’s emergency backup supply of oil. The reason we have it is because of the energy crisis in the early 1970s. According to Wikipedia, which is probably accurate about this, “The United States started the petroleum reserve in 1975 after oil supplies were interrupted during the 1973-1974 oil embargo, to mitigate future supply disruptions.”
Fast forward to 2021. Upon entering the Oval Office, one of the first things Biden did was to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline. Henceforth, rather than flowing safely through a pipeline, Canadian oil will come the expensive way, over land, whether in trucks (which are in short supply) or on trains.
At the same time, Biden halted new oil, gas, and coal leases on federal lands, something that’s being fought in the courts. As long as the suit continues, though, no sane business would start to drill.
Biden’s also on the verge of ending all new oil and gas leases around major Native American cultural sites, which will shut down massive amounts of exploration and drilling in New Mexico. And following initial denials, the administration admitted that it plans to close a major Michigan pipeline.
Biden is selling massive amounts of SPR oil…to Asia!
According to Bloomberg/Quint:
About 1.6 million barrels of crude from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve — a monthly record — was shipped out in October, according to data from market intelligence firm Kpler.
All three supertankers went to Asia.
“Given the ongoing pace of the current SPR release — 12 million barrels in the last two months and the biggest weekly release so far last week at 3.1 million barrels — it’s fair to assume more SPR barrels are going to leave U.S. shores in the weeks ahead,” said Matt Smith, an oil analyst at Kpler.
As far as I can tell, the administration has not explained why, with Americans struggling to keep up with rising fuel prices, it’s shipping our SPR to Asia. During the virtual meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping, the two men allegedly discussed releasing oil from both countries’ petroleum reserves but made no mention of the sales to Asia that already took place.
SOURCE — AMERICAN THINKER
Exactly.
I don’t understand the meaning of “glide phase” as it applies here. By definition any intercept missile must be guided.based on threat sensor information. Glide doesn’t seem to match up with that fact.
What a. I missing?
I understand that but I’m talking about missiles launched that are not ICBMs as Russia and China have demonstrated
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