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Russia's new Skyfall missile will be able to fly around Earth for YEARS and ready to launch nuclear strike at any moment, Britain's defence intelligence chief warns
2020-09-14
Posted by:Skidmark

#17  ....HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaNO.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2020-09-14 16:50  

#16  So:

1) Nuclear weapons missile will be launched.

2) The target will be struck based on target data sent during flight.

That is what this amounts to.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2020-09-14 15:28  

#15  ^Thanks
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-09-14 13:43  

#14  How'd a air breather fly for months?

Nuclear powered ramjet. Project Pluto
Posted by: Croger Slamp6200   2020-09-14 13:29  

#13  The air is used to transfer momentum. The heat is produced by a fission reactor. There's no chemical reaction involving any component of the air.

This is functionally a remotely controlled nuclear powered jet plane.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2020-09-14 12:45  

#12  Would be a damn shame if that thing malfunctioned and disintegrated over Moscow.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-09-14 12:40  

#11  In the words of Dr. Strangelove - "Ve determined that this vaz not a practical deterrent for reasons that are now all too obvious..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-09-14 12:22  

#10  And if it were to be lased over North America, where would it land?
Posted by: gorb   2020-09-14 12:19  

#9  "Moscow is testing a subsonic nuclear-powered cruise missile system"

9M730 Burevestnik

Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-14 11:45  

#8  Purchase StarShip heavy flights to install Rods From God in space! Enough RODS to cover the earth all the time. Also the same for Bright Pebbles.
Posted by: 3dc   2020-09-14 11:35  

#7  How'd a air breather fly for months?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-09-14 11:24  

#6  I think it's an 'air breather', Ed.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-14 11:21  

#5  So it's essentially an orbiting weapons platform.
I thought those were banned...
Posted by: ed in texas   2020-09-14 11:18  

#4  Carbon emissions...not in my stratosphere!
Posted by: Clem   2020-09-14 10:52  

#3  Won't this be bad for the ozone layer or something?
Posted by: Raj   2020-09-14 10:50  

#2  First it has to fly 30 seconds. And how are the Russians planning to store the missiles after the reactor is tested?
Posted by: Ulolump Grumble1426   2020-09-14 10:37  

#1  Sounds more like SkyNet
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-09-14 09:48  

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