Modern nuclear weapons carry multiple warheads per missile launched, each individually controlled.
You can strike a dozen different cities in one launch.
They have 3 phases: Launch, coast, re-entry.
You can intercept them successfully in the first two.
Once the warheads have been jettisoned from the missile it’s really hard to get them in the re-entry phase, they’re really small and come in at Mach 10 and there’s dozens of them.
The US has a system that can supposedly intercept a few but it’s not gonna be nearly enough to make any meaningful difference.
The only way to “win” a nuclear war is to first know exactly where absolutely every single one of your enemy’s nukes are and then striking all of the launch sites first without your massive preparation to do so being detected.
Modern nuclear weapons carry multiple warheads per missile launched, each individually controlled. You can strike a dozen different cities in one launch.
They have 3 phases: Launch, coast, re-entry. You can intercept them successfully in the first two.
Once the warheads have been jettisoned from the missile it’s really hard to get them in the re-entry phase, they’re really small and come in at Mach 10 and there’s dozens of them.
The US has a system that can supposedly intercept a few but it’s not gonna be nearly enough to make any meaningful difference.
The only way to “win” a nuclear war is to first know exactly where absolutely every single one of your enemy’s nukes are and then striking all of the launch sites first without your massive preparation to do so being detected.
You’re quoting details about ballistic missiles but this news in about w cruice missile - totally different thing.
Those are the “invincible” ones the person above me has in their mind.
This new missile is a cruise missile indeed, which can be intercepted with most anti aircraft solutions