Kinetic kill weapons are theorized to be able to hit target in about 10 minutes, and if they managed to put a rocket on them, then 3-6 minutes wouldn't be unreasonable. Firing from LEO around 150km altitude.
The pre-emptive strike could be *'non-nuclear' - take out PLA and CCP headquarters and bases, the nuclear silos and command centers - minimal civilian deaths or infrastructure damage (limited radius destruction).
Then the entire air force and navy enacts their 'stop the PLA navy nuclear launch' plan - maybe a dozen nukes get in the air before the ships are destroyed... A few might even get within 500 km of their target, but the second launch from the missile defense shield would take care of them.
Edit: A benefit of rocket-fired kinetic kill weapons (tungsten-tipped steel rods with detachable rocket booster on the back) is that you could potentially dozens of them all ready to launch simultaneously - I'm hoping Trump had the space force use something like the X-37 to stealthily launch these weapons into orbit.
Kinetic weapons that are fired by a launcher would take longer to destroy all the targets, and would give PLA silos crucial minutes to launch before being destroyed.
Kinetic kill weapons are theorized to be able to hit target in about 10 minutes, and if they managed to put a rocket on them, then 3-6 minutes wouldn't be unreasonable. Firing from LEO around 150km altitude.
The pre-emptive strike could be *'non-nuclear' - take out PLA and CCP headquarters and bases, the nuclear silos and command centers - minimal civilian deaths or infrastructure damage (limited radius destruction).
Then the entire air force and navy enacts their 'stop the PLA navy nuclear launch' plan - maybe a dozen nukes get in the air before the ships are destroyed... A few might even get within 500 km of their target, but the second launch from the missile defense shield would take care of them.
Edit: A benefit of rocket-fired kinetic kill weapons (tungsten-tipped steel rods with detachable rocket booster on the back) is that you could potentially dozens of them all ready to launch simultaneously - I'm hoping Trump had the space force use something like the X-37 to stealthily launch these weapons into orbit.
Kinetic weapons that are fired by a launcher have a slower launch rate, and would give PLA silos crucial minutes to launch before being destroyed.
Kinetic kill weapons are theorized to be able to hit target in about 10 minutes, and if they managed to put a rocket on them, then 3-6 minutes wouldn't be unreasonable. Firing from LEO around 150km altitude.
The pre-emptive strike could be *'non-nuclear' - take out PLA and CCP headquarters and bases, the nuclear silos and command centers - minimal civilian deaths or infrastructure damage (limited radius destruction).
Then the entire air force and navy enacts their 'stop the PLA navy nuclear launch' plan - maybe a dozen nukes get in the air before the ships are destroyed... A few might even get within 500 km of their target, but the second launch from the missile defense shield would take care of them.
Edit: A benefit of rocket-fired kinetic kill weapons (tungsten-tipped steel rods with detachable rocket booster on the back) is that you could potentially dozens of them all ready to launch simultaneously - I'm hoping Trump had the space force use something like the X-37 to stealthily launch these weapons into orbit.
Kinetic kill weapons are theorized to be able to hit target in about 10 minutes, and if they managed to put a rocket on them, then 3-6 minutes wouldn't be unreasonable. Firing from LEO around 150km altitude.
Pre-emptive strike could be *'non-nuclear' - take out PLA and CCP headquarters and bases, the nuclear silos and command centers - minimal civilian deaths or infrastructure damage (limited radius destruction).
Then the entire air force and navy enacts their 'stop the PLA navy nuclear launch' plan - maybe a dozen nukes get in the air before the ships are destroyed...
A few might even get within 500 km of their target, but the second launch from the missile defense shield would take care of them.