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2018-03-31 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin tests 'invincible' hypersonic intercontinental missile that can carry 24 nuclear warheads at mach TWENTY making them impossible to intercept

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 In order to intercept a Sarmat, at least 500 American ABM missiles would be needed, according to Viktor Bondarev,...

Heard similar back in the Reagan Years. ABM Treaty and the Soviets actually built theirs, then:
(Soviets): Fear Our ABM's, capitalist swine!
(Reagan): Fine, we'll put MIRVs on every missile and bury you in five times the warheads!
(Russians): .....

Posted by magpie 2018-03-31 00:14|| 2018-03-31 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Personally?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-31 01:25|| 2018-03-31 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 At least they are getting ready for the comet.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-31 02:42|| 2018-03-31 02:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Yah. Sure. Fine. (yawn)

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2018-03-31 07:20|| 2018-03-31 07:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Which is why M.A.D. existed. Yep, you can deliver. We can still respond. And the Chinese will move into ~~your~~ their Far East without any delay.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-31 07:46|| 2018-03-31 07:46|| Front Page Top

#6 ...Interestingly, all my references show the top speed of our fifty-two year old LGM-30 Minuteman III design as approximately 17,500 MPH, or Mach TWENTY-THREE.

So - welcome to 1966, Pooty-poot.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-03-31 08:35|| 2018-03-31 08:35|| Front Page Top

#7 If you launch them, they will come.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-03-31 10:12|| 2018-03-31 10:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Unless we do a lot more do harden our electrical infrastructure against EMPs we are quite vulnerable to even a nearly fully successful nuclear defense (or even natural solar 'attack.')

Posted by Glenmore 2018-03-31 10:15|| 2018-03-31 10:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Get hypersonic enough and don't even need a warhead - see Tunguska event.

Posted by Glenmore 2018-03-31 10:15|| 2018-03-31 10:15|| Front Page Top

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