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| Russia warns it can destroy NATO satellites - rendering missiles useless - as White House says it has 'serious concerns' about military build-up near Ukraine – but Putin's spy agency dismisses US 'hysteria' |
| 2021-11-24 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 ^ Ладно, Коммандир: Он Она Оно Ху Хуа Хуе |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-11-24 16:39 |
| #5 'As long as they don't prevent us from using the proper pronouns!" -- Gen Milley. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-11-24 16:28 |
| #4 Russian bluster. GPS sats are in medium orbit (~20,000 km) well above the A235 interceptor's capability. The older cruise missiles also use radar based TERCOM, and as said by M Murcek, strategic nuke missiles use internal guidance. GPS guided JDAMS also have inertial navigation backup which in most cases is good enough. |
| Posted by: Clavith Phomomp6945 2021-11-24 13:33 |
| #3 Yeah, the Minutemen and Tridents use inertial and celestial guidance. GPS has been added as another cherry on top. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-11-24 10:53 |
| #2 I tried to read the article, but it required me to disable my ad blocker, so no. If the satellites are destroyed, the icbm's, sub launched missiles, and airborne launch platforms are not useless, they are unimpaired, just behind the curve but not by much. Sats are not all that are used to detect a launch. Like I said, I didn't get to read the article but the headline smells like bullshit from here. As Skid says, loss of sats would be a trigger. This field used to be my life's work. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2021-11-24 10:34 |
| #1 Wouldn't that be a "triggering" event denying intel on whether you've launched the big boys? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-11-24 07:24 |