Posted on Jan 18, 2019
Trump Vows to Reinvent Missile Defenses, but Offers Incremental Plans
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Trump Vows to Reinvent Missile Defenses, but Offers Incremental Plans https://nyti.ms/2RRyNTf
President announces next stage of developments on Missile Defense, NYTimes reports $300 billion has been spent on this so far. SALRADIO interviewed a project official 7-8 years ago who said the SEM3 missiles could knock down high speed ICBMs at 98% confidence level, let me see if still have recording. Interesting that they say F35s could carry interceptor missiles, a limiting factor is all munitions need to fit into internal bays, not be carried on wings, to maintain stealth configuration. We see Army energizing their missile defense programs, my Dad worked on that in 1950s when Nike was a missile rather than a running shoe. Anyone work on Nike project?
President announces next stage of developments on Missile Defense, NYTimes reports $300 billion has been spent on this so far. SALRADIO interviewed a project official 7-8 years ago who said the SEM3 missiles could knock down high speed ICBMs at 98% confidence level, let me see if still have recording. Interesting that they say F35s could carry interceptor missiles, a limiting factor is all munitions need to fit into internal bays, not be carried on wings, to maintain stealth configuration. We see Army energizing their missile defense programs, my Dad worked on that in 1950s when Nike was a missile rather than a running shoe. Anyone work on Nike project?
Trump Vows to Reinvent Missile Defenses, but Offers Incremental Plans
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Interesting stuff and glad to see we haven't just been sitting still. Lots of articles about how far ahead of us both China and Russia are. I don't think Trump will just sit on that.
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Ken Kraetzer
Not sure if Russians and Chinese have caught up. Worry more about the Chinese they just put probe on moon, building better fighter planes, building ships and subs.
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We were delayed nightly starting about 20 years ago wen funding for missile development was cut.
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Ken Kraetzer
System was deployed by Navy 7-8 years ago. The expert we trr alked to at SALRADIO said they could knock down ICBMs by reaching same speed and deflecting. Problem is many big defense projects in line, F35s, carriers, subs, tankers, rebuilding Nukes and a bgt deficit growing by the month.
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LTC Stephan Porter
Right Ken Kraetzer, but development of those systems began almost a decade before. Our issue is now. Development was severely contracted or stopped altogether when funding was cut during the first few years of the Obama administration.
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Ken Kraetzer
But iBMD did go operational in that period with deployment on Arleigh Burke destroyers. Can this type of missile be sub launched? NYTimes article said might be deployed off F35s, Lockheed Martin told us munitions would have to fit in existing bays to maintain stealth configuration of plane.
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