An ICBM / SLBM fired from any location within Continental US can hit a target anywhere in the world within 30 mins if the missile follows a path that takes it over the North Pole and Russia . Obviously this path will not be followed .
Why would they not follow the shortest route?
Satellite sensors would detect a US launch of ICBMs at launch... if they send the missiles over the south pole the missiles wont have the range to hit targets in Northern Russia and the extra few hours warning they get will mean their launch of an attack over the North Pole will arrive well before the US attack arrives, so lots of things can be moved to safety and defences prepared.
there would be no benefit at all to lunching a first strike attack via the south pole for the US.
An EMP attack might be viable but it does not make sense to launch all ICBMs via the South Pole as Russian radars face all directions... not just north like US radars in Greenland and Thule and Fyingdales.
Therefore , the ICBM/SLBM will follow a low-earth orbit back over the South Pole. In this case it will take the missile at least 60 mins to hit a target .
I doubt US ICBMs have the flight range to go over the South Pole to hit targets in Russia and low earth orbit runs the risk of running in to satellite debris.
The fault lies squarely with DRDO and HAL . Had they been able to come up with the LCA by 2005 there would have been no need for the MMRCA . However, even after slogging it out for over 20 years they could not come up with even a decent engine . An aircraft is a bridge too far.
To be fair making a modern capable aircraft engine is the key to a good aircraft only a small handful of countries can make them...
next to your potential enemies capital with a nuclear warhead or a conventional one. is called FIRST STRIKE CAPABILITY . There is a HUGE HUGE...
Why does Russia need a first strike capability against the US?
What makes you think the US will see an ICBM coming but wont see a hypersonic bomber coming?
you cannot fire missiles at any plane that have not violated your airspace.
Have you ignored all the pre emptive self defence BS coming from the US over the last 20 odd years?
Second do you think US air defence missiles and aircraft can't intercept hypersonic bombers A because there are none so there is no reason to, or B because they want Russia to spend a small fortune on technology it doesn't need to give it a capability it doesn't need.
It is the US that wants the ability to bomb places anywhere around the world at a few hours notice... not Russia.
Russia developing such technology would be an American dream... they can then justify it themselves and blame the Russians for forcing them to do the same... of course only the US will actually use it.
So is all about FIRST STRIKE CAPABILITY ... not about the speed the plane flight moron.
So a plane flying at mach 7 or 8 at 120K Metres or so flying directly towards the US will be totally safe till it reaches the 12 mile sea border... wont it have to cross canada first?
Do you think the ICBM payload will not be engaged till it reaches the same border?
Do you think a massive ICBM launch that is a first strike could be stopped but a dozen hypersonic bombers will be safe?
Would a moron hold your position despite these questions I am asking?
US is working in a Global Strike program that does exactly that.. albeit more expensive.. to have conventional weapons in space ,kinetic hypersonic rods that can be launched anywhere in the world , (once the satellite fly over that zone) and strike withing minutes a particular place.. to decapitate a leadership.. Is like having someone pointing a gun to your face.. obviously is such conditions you will not dare to do any hostile thing.
They have always had satellites directing their attacks this century, do you think a UCAV flying at 4,000m with a Hellfire missile that will reach a ground target in about 15-20 seconds would be more or less effective than these Knobs from God?
Hypersonic is only about mach 7-8 how many bombers do you actually think they will deploy?
Even at mach 25 it take an ICBM 30 minutes to get to the US... at a quarter of that speed how long do you think these knobs from God will take?
What if the target likes to carry an umbrella... from near space which umbrella is the target under?
I realise there is a lot of sales marketing around this US concept but you have to ask yourself how often both the US leader and the vice president will be wandering around outside so they can be killed so easily?
they can't build a bomb with continuous laser guidance to hit an area less than about 3m square but you believe they can make a rod hit someone on the head from near space?
Mesospehere bombers in the other hand is extremely practical.. can be used in any small or big conflict for conventional war or nuclear.
What about under ground bombers?
If the US decides to launch one nuke at Russia to start a world war... how would killing the president stop that?
Why would they send only one missile when they can launch them all while they still can?
By the time Russia knew they were launching a missile it would be too late because the missile would be launched and no amount of killing any generals will stop that missile.
America wants to be able to kill any one around the world that stands in their way.
this is just an extension of that.
Once they have hypersonic bombers Russia will likely adapt a model of their S-400 or S-500 to shoot those bombers down and start selling them to China and India and giving a few to Cuba and all of a sudden they wont be so special any more.
they might make some hypersonic bombers themselves but hopefully they will use the technology to create space planes and civilian airliners that can move rather faster.
BTW thanks for the support guys...
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