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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
🇸🇾#Syria—Military reinforcements from the #Iranian militias have reached various areas in the northern Syrian province of #Aleppo in past days. The
reinforcement included heavy weapons, missile launchers, mortars, a large number of weapons i.e. Kalashnikovs & sniper rifles. 1/7
reinforcement included heavy weapons, missile launchers, mortars, a large number of weapons i.e. Kalashnikovs & sniper rifles. 1/7
An #Iranian plane had landed at Damascus Intl Airport with hundreds of operatives, most of them Afghan and Pakistani citizens, experts in rocket and rocket launchers, and they were later transferred To the city of #Aleppo. 2/7
The weapons & the fighters had been transferred to the militia HQ in Bab al-Nirb, in the center of #Aleppo, where Hajj "Jawad al-Gafari" is located. Al-Gafari reinforced the HQ with weapons & fighters, & sent other forces to the town of al-Wadihi الوضيحي, south of Aleppo. 3/7
Revealing #testimony from @INDOPACOM Commander #Admiral Phil #Davidson @SASCDems/@SASCGOP @HASCDemocrats/@HASCRepublicans!
Ideally, read 41 pp. “US #IndoPacific Command Posture”:
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
No time? See my excerpts: bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/testim…
Ideally, read 41 pp. “US #IndoPacific Command Posture”:
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
No time? See my excerpts: bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/testim…
"The greatest danger for the United States in this competition is the erosion of conventional deterrence..Absent a convincing deterrent, the [PRC] will be emboldened to take action to undermine the rules-based international order"
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
ADM Davidson:
"In September 2020, #Cambodia razed a #US-built facility on #Ream Naval Base that served as the headquarters for the National Committee on Maritime Security, reportedly in order to make way for a #PRC #naval #base."
armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/21-03…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
"In September 2020, #Cambodia razed a #US-built facility on #Ream Naval Base that served as the headquarters for the National Committee on Maritime Security, reportedly in order to make way for a #PRC #naval #base."
armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/21-03…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
#Iran— Suspected Tunnels & Underground Facility 5km West of #Shiraz Industrial Town. Although this site is known since 2010, the highly secured location saw an uptick in construction and excavation in 2017 & 2019, in which 4 additional large tunnels were excavated. @TheIntelLab
This site includes numerous tunnels of various sizes but the last four tunnels excavated shows a possible layout found in other underground facilities related to #Iran Ballistic #Missile Program. 2/4
Satellite imageries show a circular excavation resembling to an excavated hardened Launch Position found in Haji Abad and Khorgo #Ballistic Missile Bases. 3/4
🇸🇦The Arab Coalition has confirmed it has intercepted and destroyed a #ballistic missile attack by the #Iran-backed #Houthi militia targeting Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.
4 attacks in less than 24 hours. 1/4
4 attacks in less than 24 hours. 1/4
The latest attack on #Riyadh comes just hours after the #ArabCoalition said on Saturday it intercepted and downed an explosive-laden drone launched by the #Houthis towards Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait. 2/4
The Arab Coalition also confirmed that it was monitoring the launching of a number of explosive drones by the Houthis in #Yemen on Saturday night and that it had intercepted and destroyed one targeting Jazan. 3/4
My interview w/ @GrecianFormula:
With its continued dev't of #ASBMs & associated targeting architecture, #China continues to work on changing the game in #SCS & beyond—but so too does US w/ its own developments & countermeasures.
bit.ly/DF-26-B
19fortyfive.com/2020/11/chinas…
With its continued dev't of #ASBMs & associated targeting architecture, #China continues to work on changing the game in #SCS & beyond—but so too does US w/ its own developments & countermeasures.
bit.ly/DF-26-B
19fortyfive.com/2020/11/chinas…
The game is afoot, and much is at stake.
But by no means is the game over for @USNavy, in the #SouthChinaSea or anywhere else.
bit.ly/DF-26-B
My #BottomLine: there’s no cause for declinist defeatism.
19fortyfive.com/2020/11/chinas…
But by no means is the game over for @USNavy, in the #SouthChinaSea or anywhere else.
bit.ly/DF-26-B
My #BottomLine: there’s no cause for declinist defeatism.
19fortyfive.com/2020/11/chinas…
In @Princeton @PUPolitics's PhD program, I had many great colleagues, incl. @ChongJaIan; w/ @osmastro & @AdamPLiff to follow!
I focused my research on #Chinese #Aerospace Development. Historical summary: andrewerickson.com/2014/09/chinas…
#BottomLine: PRC prioritized #ballistic #missiles.
I focused my research on #Chinese #Aerospace Development. Historical summary: andrewerickson.com/2014/09/chinas…
#BottomLine: PRC prioritized #ballistic #missiles.
