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Some context re. reported speed of #NorthKorean #missile:
All #ballistic #missiles are #hypersonic (faster than Mach 5) at some point in their flight. N.Germany’s V-2, deployed Sept. 1944, was hypersonic during its boost phase. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (#ICBMs)… 1/n
All #ballistic #missiles are #hypersonic (faster than Mach 5) at some point in their flight. N.Germany’s V-2, deployed Sept. 1944, was hypersonic during its boost phase. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (#ICBMs)… 1/n
…, first deployed by the US in 1959, are high-hypersonic (Mach 25) throughout their entire flight. Subsequent decades have witnessed the emergence of “#hypersonic” #missile systems that can maneuver instead of following a fixed parabolic trajectory, including #ASBMs, #HGVs… 2/n
…and air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjets (#scramjets). The US investigated maneuvering re-entry vehicles in the late 1970s, the #SovietUnion #HGVs in the mid-1980s; both failed. In 1981, the US fielded the #PershingII medium-range #ballistic #missile (#MRBM), whose… 3/n
Čím dál častěji čtu: Západ je mistr gest, měli bychom na Rusko zaútočit a pomoct Ukrajině. Nebo dokonce použít jaderné zbraně. Proč je to bláznovství?
Je na čase si představit koncept #MAD.
Je na čase si představit koncept #MAD.
2) MAD = mutual assured destruction. V angličtině to možná tolik nevyzní, tak možná česky. Vzájemné zaručené zničení. Je to vojenská doktrína, strategie použití jaderných zbraní (JZ).
3) Je založená na vzájemném odstrašování – už to, že protistrany JZ vlastní je navzájem odrazuje od přímého střetu, který by vedl k eskalaci konfliktu a následně jejich použití. Vzájemně se odstrašují. Doktrína MAD vznikla za studené války, ale platí dodnes.
Honored to be interviewed by @GrecianFormula on @DeptofDefense's 2021 #China #Military Power Report!
19fortyfive.com/2021/11/how-po…
Read my big picture takeaways & recommendations for @POTUS/@SecDef @19_forty_five!
Implications for #NationalSecurity Strategy, #Nuclear Posture Review.
19fortyfive.com/2021/11/how-po…
Read my big picture takeaways & recommendations for @POTUS/@SecDef @19_forty_five!
Implications for #NationalSecurity Strategy, #Nuclear Posture Review.
#Pentagon's #China #Military Power Report is a 173-page treasure trove!
After my all-nighter 6-page summary—bit.ly/DoD-CMPR—I'm still finding food for thought...
Here are some new reflections from my interview w/ @GrecianFormula @19_forty_five:
19fortyfive.com/2021/11/how-po…
After my all-nighter 6-page summary—bit.ly/DoD-CMPR—I'm still finding food for thought...
Here are some new reflections from my interview w/ @GrecianFormula @19_forty_five:
19fortyfive.com/2021/11/how-po…
