New class of weapons capable of reaching any corner of the earth from the United States in under an hour and with such accuracy and force that they would greatly diminish America’s reliance on its nuclear arsenal.

Sick!


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/wo.../23strike.html

 

As Gunny R. Lee Ermey would say...OORAH!!!

 

well, cool and all, but it is neither a new idea nor likely to actually happen any time soon

 

I posted it b/c I didn't think something like that is remotely possible. Not because of the timeline. I dont think we "need" it immediately. It is of major concern from the Russians though.

 

I guess I don't understand the whole thing. The article says that if we currently need a prompt response, we have to use a nuclear assault. Why? Why don't we just put conventional warheads on the existing nuclear missiles?

Conversely, if these missiles are so bad-ass, what's to keep us from putting nuclear warheads on them (the article seems to imply that we wouldn't)?

 

i'm assuming that nukes don't need the precision that a conventional warhead would, and i think these missiles are supposed to be super accurate.

besides being extremely expensive, i think the other major roadblock to these missiles are other countries wouldn't be able to tell if a nuke or conventional warhead was being launched.

 

AAaaaaand in related news, the glider disappeared just 9 minutes into it's first flight

http://gizmodo.com/5526308/air-forces-falc...rs-mysteriously

 

Did they look in a bar in Redwood City, CA?

 

Because launching an ICBM can get people very excited.