Comment on What we know about a mysterious launch from Florida this week — The Pentagon is mum about this test launch from Cape Canaveral

Rapidcreek@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The US military has successfully flown hypersonics before

  Yes they have but only air launched. Incredibly they claim to have air launched hypersonic boost / glide vehicle that maintained above Mach 5 and they controlled it all the way into it’s target.

  But, if they were going to test something like that, Canaveral wouldn’t be the best place to do that.

  The Army and Navy seem to think it is.

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  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As the Ukrainians have proven, you may think that hypersonics are a big deal but you can shoot them down if you know where they are going to be. Canaveral is a USAF base and very small. Lots of eyes make their moneyw

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    • jscummy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s because those aren’t true hypersonics, which would require some maneuverability at those speeds. If it follows a straight trajectory it’s not too hard to intercept

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      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s when you get into your physics problem. There are only a limited amount of meuverability at those speeds though an atmosphere

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    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Kinzal is crap, it’s an IRBM modified for air launch, comparing it to a true Hypersonic Boost Glide Vehicle is like comparing a Harley to a GSX-R100R.

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