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2018-10-15 Science & Technology

Is Space Sensor Layer the Pentagon’s next major space program?

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Posted by 3dc 2018-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

Posted by Thregum Greath3827 2018-10-15 06:47|| 2018-10-15 06:47|| Front Page Top

#2 — a new class of ultrafast weapons being developed by China and Russia that would overpower U.S. missile defenses

Only need defense against a rouge outfit. The best defense against Russia and China is someone in the office who'll use the 'football' and them actually believing it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-10-15 07:27|| 2018-10-15 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Detecting and tracking hypersonic missiles is a tough problem the Pentagon is trying to figure out how to tackle.
Really? Heat... They may be, possibly, able to mitigate the radar spectrum using stealth features, but this thing will be incandescently hot as it plows through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds. It will also leave a hot contrail in its wake.

Posted by magpie 2018-10-15 14:31|| 2018-10-15 14:31|| Front Page Top

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