I think Asia already knows we can launch missiles from submarines.
Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast
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#12Does anyone know what the precision of these missiles are? I don't suppose they could be used for precision strikes in e.g. Afghanistan, or could they?
Very precise indeed, the reentry vehicles need to be able to change targets in midflight and evade anti-ballistic missile systems. Accuracy is crucial, as you need a much larger nuke to blow something up if your warhead is far way from the target If you had an unlimited budget you could use space rockets to drop tiny bombs from the other side of the world, but it doesn't really make sense (like killing mosquitos with…
The other problem with using ICBM's to drop conventional bombs / kinetics weapon is that Russia might get a little 'antsy' when we are launching rockets at Afghanistan.
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#13Interesting that Obama's trip abroad has been accompanied by so much saber rattling from our end.
Makes me wonder what they know and why all the chest thumping all of a sudden.
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#14It could also be a test of the missile shield. Like this one http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Japan_says_succeeds_in_mis...
This still amazes me. Being able to detect, aim at and strike something flying at the speed of a rocket - with another rocket - in outer freaking space.
Even the patriot missiles back in the early 90's always awed me. I have trouble hitting a target in a consistent spot with a bullet from 100 yards.
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#15I think Asia already knows we can launch missiles from submarines.
I think it's called "saber-rattling".
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#16I think Asia already knows we can launch missiles from submarines.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very precise indeed, the reentry vehicles need to be able to change targets in midflight and evade anti-ballistic missile systems. Accuracy is crucial, as you need a much larger nuke to blow something up if your warhead is far way from the target If you had an unlimited budget you could use space rockets to drop tiny bombs from the other side of the world, but it doesn't really make sense (like killing mosquitos with…
The other problem with using ICBM's to drop conventional bombs / kinetics weapon is that Russia might get a little 'antsy' when we are launching rockets at Afghanistan.
Good point. Russia has the ability to detect our ICBM's, but they cannot distinguish the warhead, so it'd be impossible to determine whether we were nuking them or dropping a deuce on Afghanistan.
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#18http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/e3gf3/a_missile_...
tl;dr: We're launching a missile tonight. Stay away please.
Edit: Doh. The date for this is Nov 9th, not last night. Not sure how I missed that - this isn't rocket science.
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#19It could also be a test of the missile shield. Like this one http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Japan_says_succeeds_in_mis...
This still amazes me. Being able to detect, aim at and strike something flying at the speed of a rocket - with another rocket - in outer freaking space. Even the patriot missiles back in the early 90's always awed me. I have trouble hitting a target in a consistent spot with a bullet from 100 yards.
Here is a video of a Sprint ABM (from the 70s) being launched and passing close to a RV:
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#20It could also be a test of the missile shield. Like this one http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Japan_says_succeeds_in_mis...
This still amazes me. Being able to detect, aim at and strike something flying at the speed of a rocket - with another rocket - in outer freaking space. Even the patriot missiles back in the early 90's always awed me. I have trouble hitting a target in a consistent spot with a bullet from 100 yards.
If you had trouble consistently hitting targets, you would probably fit right in with Patriot missiles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Success_rate_vs...