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2022-01-27 Science & Technology

US Secretary of Defense Austin summons CEOs of major defense companies for summit to 'stress the urgency' of catching up to Russia and China on hypersonic missiles

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-01-27 08:43|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 = Buy LMT

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-27 11:20|| 2022-01-27 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Pentagon wants hypersexual missiles.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-27 11:27|| 2022-01-27 11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Multiple Pronoun Re-entry Vehicles

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-27 11:41|| 2022-01-27 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Contracts, git yer Contracts 'Ere! Can't poke the bear without a Contract!

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-27 12:21|| 2022-01-27 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 The Russians have deployed at least 2 models of hypersonic weapons. The Chinese at least 1. Who is poking who?

Posted by Muggsy Uning1913 2022-01-27 15:11|| 2022-01-27 15:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Is that Ukraine Theory, a punitive exercise because Russian hypersonic missiles?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-27 15:25|| 2022-01-27 15:25|| Front Page Top

#7 I didn't see Ukraine anywhere in that article? Making shit up?

Hypersonics are important not only for their very high speed and devastating impact, but that they can maneuver in the atmosphere making interception very difficult with current anti-missile defenses.

Posted by Muggsy Uning1913 2022-01-27 15:34|| 2022-01-27 15:34|| Front Page Top

#8 What, of what, could have changed between now and a year ago when Russia and China started doing their can't hide it testing?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-27 15:48|| 2022-01-27 15:48|| Front Page Top

#9 They went from prototypes to deployed weapons.

Posted by Muggsy Uning1913 2022-01-27 16:28|| 2022-01-27 16:28|| Front Page Top

#10 I guess Austin is late to the table because he is focused on the purging of white supremicists from the military, creating a "woke" military and getting everyone 100% vaccinated with more and more questionable vaccines. Sad.

Posted by JohnQC 2022-01-27 17:18|| 2022-01-27 17:18|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm thinking that if we are worth the shit we talk, back when that Russian atomic ram jet skipped off the ocean these missiles were approved for design and 90% completion, using as many off the shelf warhead parts possible, and that space sled to pilot car some real world variables.

However it is, IIRC the Russians sortied their subs after the US changed its stance into aggressive accusation. In fact, the drumbeat sounds a lot like McCain and His Heroes.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-27 18:46|| 2022-01-27 18:46|| Front Page Top

#12 Merrick should get Snark O' The Day for #3...

Posted by Raj 2022-01-27 20:30|| 2022-01-27 20:30|| Front Page Top

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