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The US hypersonic weapon programs suffered a setback when a booster rocket carrying a hypersonic weapon failed
2021-10-22
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Posted by:Fred

#7  White House Press Conference: Well OBVIOUSLY the booster was cisgender - that's why it failed!

(about as plausible as the rest of the Whitehouse statements...)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-10-22 20:39  

#6  Likely the Canadian border states too.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-22 19:23  

#5  So China has the advantage and will therefore take Taiwan.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-10-22 15:40  

#4  *Yawn* Remember the ABM Treaty with the Soviets? When they kept their installation 'active' they pressed the US for concessions because of their 'advantage'. Reagan countered by offering to put MIRVs on all of the US ICBMs and drown them in warheads (which we could afford to do back them) ... the Soviets caved.
TL/DR: Ho Hum. If the Chinese want to play MAD then the US and more than match their bid. The ABM system is best used against minor nuclear powers.
Posted by: magpie   2021-10-22 13:11  

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Posted by: Greng Black3494   2021-10-22 10:05  

#2  Revealed: China 'has tested TWO hypersonic orbital nukes capable of breaching missile defences' as panicked analysts say it 'defies the laws of physics' and is unlike any weapon the US has
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-22 01:04  

#1  Rocket failure delays US hypersonic glide missile test in Alaska after China fired second missile 'that defies the laws of physics' and increased panic in the West
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-22 01:03  

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