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    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      10 months ago

      We don’t even have the technology today to intercept (fixed) ballistic missile trajectory at an acceptable rate

      IIRC the US' missile interception system has a 40% success rate when the ballistic missile has a known origin and a normal parabolic trajectory

      so yea, that nuke is hitting whether ppl like it or not, even if we went back in time 50 years people would still be able to nuke today's US, only half as effectively

      • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        The whole point of hypersonic cruise missiles is that they don’t have a fixed flight path while also moving 10 times the speed of sound.

        Intercepting such a target is physically impossible.

        • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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          10 months ago

          I know

          I'm just saying that even 1970s China could still nuke 100 US cities (assuming the US knows the exact origin point of each Chinese nuke, if they don't then it goes up to 200)

    • zephyreks [none/use name]
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      10 months ago

      What even is the turning radius of an HGV? Sure, you're not constrained by silly things like pilot blackout and whatever, but that doesn't mean it can zig zag at will.