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| Scientist's New Missile Defense: Killer Drones |
| 2009-03-13 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Would work if these drones were rocket powered, nuclear tipped and hit their targets before the ICBMs were launched. Otherwise epic FAIL. And epic STUPIDITY if this is what passes for the Democratic party's defense thinking. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-03-13 15:22 |
| #3 rwv: Oh, and technically, Korea is still at war. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-03-13 10:46 |
| #2 The article is full of FAIL. Chemical based lasers are old tech, now replaced with much smaller and cooler solid state lasers. The tech is so promising that though the Dems in congress voted to take away funding, its developers are funding it themselves, which aggravates the hell out of the Dems, who want NO missile defenses at all, because they are "provocative". As far as launch phase anti-missile drones, it is a lower tech solution to launch phase neutralization. Such a drone could carry a few small, light, very fast air to air missiles that would almost guarantee a shoot down. This is because almost any external damage to an ICBM is fatal damage--they tear themselves apart. And drones cost peanuts compared to an ICBM. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-03-13 10:45 |
| #1 Most ICBM fields are in the interior, far from national borders, to protect them from air attack. In order for these "stealthy drones" to get close enough they would have to orbit relatively close to the launch sites. Flying armed aircraft in another nation's airspace is an act of war. This another idea from someone who either is woefully naive or who hasn't thought it through. |
| Posted by: rwv 2009-03-13 08:39 |