https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/01/bringing-hypersonic-missiles-to-the-fleet-a-case-study-analysis/

To the less military-brained folk here, the concept is to take land-based missile launcher trailer and plops them on the deck of the ships.

This would be like if you have a warship with no gun so you just park a tank on the deck to make it up.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    In this Defense Intelligence Agency rendering, we can see one possible platform for Saddam Hussein to covertly deploy weapons of mass destruction from. We believe he is capable of building a cruiser which might sail SCUD launchers right into the Mississippi River. Using this platform, which is potentially under construction or sailing at this moment, Iraq could strike any target within the continental US without time to intercept the missiles.