Very plausible indeed. However, with this missile clipping along at Mach 10 (10 miles/4.69 sec), that's going to be an extremely accurate counter-meaaure (laser?) needed to down it. I know we have Laser systems ( I was testing RFIED jamming systems in Yuma, AZ when advanced Laser systems were being tested) so it could be possible.
Forget ground-based lasers. Cloud cover will defeat them completely, they are not powerful enough, and they will have no effect on re-entry vehicles which are already designed to survive a high-temperature environment. (Your speed reference is unintelligible. I think you mean to say 2.1 miles/second, or 3.43 km/sec.) Their apogee altitude will be approximately a quarter of their range distance.
LOL! I should have made a legal disclaimer that I'm not a math prodigy nor a rocketer physicist, just based my post on simple hillbilly math-a-matics using Wikipedia (1st mistake?) as the source, Mach 1 (speed of sound) = 767 mph. Mach 10 = 10x speed of sound, 10 x 767 = 7670 mph? So... yes 7670 ÷ (60 x 60) = 2.13 miles/sec. To quote Roger Clemons: "I miss-remembered" my math...That's still mind-blowing fast!?! Like Putin said, they cant stop it! Stay safe fren!! NCSWIC WWG1WGA
All I know is when I was at Yuma (2012-16) we were testing next to each other with a hill range between us at night. It was very noticeable when their system was activated.....
Edit: I checked dates. The last flight of the YAL-1A was 12 Feb 2012. It was grounded until September 2014, when it was scrapped. Other laser systems were in development concurrently. Good thing you had a hill in the way!
Very plausible indeed. However, with this missile clipping along at Mach 10 (10 miles/4.69 sec), that's going to be an extremely accurate counter-meaaure (laser?) needed to down it. I know we have Laser systems ( I was testing RFIED jamming systems in Yuma, AZ when advanced Laser systems were being tested) so it could be possible.
Forget ground-based lasers. Cloud cover will defeat them completely, they are not powerful enough, and they will have no effect on re-entry vehicles which are already designed to survive a high-temperature environment. (Your speed reference is unintelligible. I think you mean to say 2.1 miles/second, or 3.43 km/sec.) Their apogee altitude will be approximately a quarter of their range distance.
LOL! I should have made a legal disclaimer that I'm not a math prodigy nor a rocketer physicist, just based my post on simple hillbilly math-a-matics using Wikipedia (1st mistake?) as the source, Mach 1 (speed of sound) = 767 mph. Mach 10 = 10x speed of sound, 10 x 767 = 7670 mph? So... yes 7670 ÷ (60 x 60) = 2.13 miles/sec. To quote Roger Clemons: "I miss-remembered" my math...That's still mind-blowing fast!?! Like Putin said, they cant stop it! Stay safe fren!! NCSWIC WWG1WGA
Airborne Laser (ABL) program "officially scrapped."
Was it actually, though?
All I know is when I was at Yuma (2012-16) we were testing next to each other with a hill range between us at night. It was very noticeable when their system was activated.....
Real as death. I was on the program.
Edit: I checked dates. The last flight of the YAL-1A was 12 Feb 2012. It was grounded until September 2014, when it was scrapped. Other laser systems were in development concurrently. Good thing you had a hill in the way!
We can detect and destroy these systems prelaunch
No doubt there. Its trying to do so once they're airborne that presents the greatest challenge.
That is called a pre-emptive attack. But we did jokingly refer to that as "engagement in the pre-launch phase."