re: Hypersonic missiles - you buying the US doesn’t have them or a defense for them?

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what is embarrassing?

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Because the life support loop in an aircraft isn't that complicated and they still screwed it up. My only point is that the same process that gave us the F-117 can also occasionally stub its toe. That doesn't mean the 22 isn't better than the competition, it just means that we don't alway hit one out of the park.

Again, I'm not an expert in this particular defense area, my friend is that I talk to regularly. I would describe his take on our ballistic defenses as "we ain't there yet". That does not mean we're behind anybody on ballistic defense, nor do I know what you're reading that gave you the impression that I thought that.

If people want to believe that because we produced the B2 that we also have a space-based iron dome around all our military assets that makes them impervious to missiles, it's no skin off my nose. An expert I've known for 30 years, who's worked on missile defense for nearly that long, seems to think we don't have that yet. I tend to believe him.