Behind This Week's Satellite Shoot-Down
Feb. 27th, 2008 01:03 amHey.
Notes to myself as much as to the world...
A site about the missile used, with some technical data.
Now what I find interesting, in a military theory sort of way...
That "third stage". What if those things were made in numbers cheap enough to be fielded not only by the Navy, but by the Army and the Air Force? What if existing missile systems in use now can be adapted to become first and second stages for the anti-missile warhead? We wouldn't need extra bases in allied countries. We could deploy missile defense anywhere around the globe. Not only that, but we could convert the Lion's share of our deterrent nuclear ballistic missile force into a purely defensive asset--in theory, their large throw weight could allow salvos of anti-missile kill vehicles to be used against enemy missiles.
So in this respect, I'm all for it--if it means we can wean our own nation OFF the weapons of mass destruction diet.
Notes to myself as much as to the world...
A site about the missile used, with some technical data.
Now what I find interesting, in a military theory sort of way...
That "third stage". What if those things were made in numbers cheap enough to be fielded not only by the Navy, but by the Army and the Air Force? What if existing missile systems in use now can be adapted to become first and second stages for the anti-missile warhead? We wouldn't need extra bases in allied countries. We could deploy missile defense anywhere around the globe. Not only that, but we could convert the Lion's share of our deterrent nuclear ballistic missile force into a purely defensive asset--in theory, their large throw weight could allow salvos of anti-missile kill vehicles to be used against enemy missiles.
So in this respect, I'm all for it--if it means we can wean our own nation OFF the weapons of mass destruction diet.