05-15-2021, 08:22 AM
(05-14-2021, 03:20 PM)Tim Randal Walker Wrote: There are a number of online articles regarding the Zumwalt class stealth warships.
It seems that the U.S. Navy plans to equip these with hypersonic missiles.
I agree. We have huge test areas in the desert southwest, and it's hard to know what is going on there. Plus, our ability to test by computer analysis makes most testing only necessary to confirm what we've already done. I also suspect that we've set the bar high. Low-end hypersonic weapons aren't worth much if your enemy has much higher velocity versions. And high power lasers are being developed too. Nothing can out-fly a beam of light, which makes them vulnerable to laser defense systems if they can be identified and the response brought to bear fast enough. I suspect that mach10+ is the lower boundary to escape destruction when light-based defenses finally come on line.
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