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re: What are the defenses against Nukes? Is there an interception wespon, if not, why?

Posted on 9/20/26 at 12:58 pm to
Posted by lake chuck fan
Vinton
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 12:58 pm to
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Whatever nation develops a reliable laser defense system will have the upper hand and AI will probably play the key role which is why it's been said that whoever wins AI, wins



No doubt AI can and will improve in all technology, but we know the military has functional lasers. If we do possess space defense lasers, it would NOT be known. "We" wouldn't know anything about it. IMHO
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:12 pm to
We have interceptors, they suck and miss most of the time, and we only have a few of them.

So yea, we'd be fricked.
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:13 pm to
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Whatever nation develops a reliable laser defense system will have the upper hand and AI will probably play the key role which is why it's been said that whoever wins AI, wins.


WTF is a laser gonna do against a hypersonic nuclear vehicle?
Posted by Rip Torner
Member since Jul 2023
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:16 pm to
There are very few if any defenses against a nuclear missile once it reaches the stratosphere. It is theoretically possible to shoot it down before then but one with multiple war heads like the US and Russia possesses are indefensible at that point.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:21 pm to
Multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles makes it tough. Instead of one missile, there may be a dozen. All dropping to a different place.
Tough problem.
Posted by soonerinlOUisiana
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Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:26 pm to
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WTF is a laser gonna do against a hypersonic nuclear vehicle?


Pretty sure light moves faster than sound. Even at ten times the speed of sound, a hypersonic object is standing still insofar as a laser is concerned.

More physics, less transgender studies, peanut.
Posted by soonerinlOUisiana
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Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:27 pm to
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WTF is a laser gonna do against a hypersonic nuclear vehicle?


Pretty sure light moves faster than sound. Even at ten times the speed of sound, a hypersonic object is standing still insofar as a laser is concerned.
This post was edited on 9/20/26 at 1:29 pm
Posted by alabamabuckeye
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:27 pm to
Posted by soonerinlOUisiana
South of I-10
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:31 pm to
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The Paul brothers are our defense


Sorry, I don’t know who those people are. I’m not a teenaged girl.
Posted by alabamabuckeye
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:33 pm to
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Sorry, I don’t know who those people are. I’m not a teenaged girl.


No worries, Hegseth definitely is
Posted by TXBQAG02
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:42 pm to
Posted by Bayou Warrior 64
Member since Feb 2021
1250 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:48 pm to
Look! Evil is evil. Every now and then, the bully needs an arse whipping! It was time. Let's take away the nuke issue. They have been killing Americans actively for the past 50 years. We should all be pissed at the feckless presidents which preceded President Trump and kicked the can down the road.
Posted by thermal9221
Youngsville
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:52 pm to
It’s still mind boggling that people still buy the bad guys have a nuke gimmick.

Posted by alabamabuckeye
Member since Jun 2010
22468 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:54 pm to
MAGA will never not fall for the old “they have WMDs!” trick

Trump is just Bush with a spray tan
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
5055 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:19 pm to
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Pretty sure light moves faster than sound. Even at ten times the speed of sound, a hypersonic object is standing still insofar as a laser is concerned.

More physics, less transgender studies, peanut.


It's not a matter of velocity you fricking retard. At hypersonic speeds the vehicle is enshrouded in plasma. PLASMA, a laser weapon is useless.


Maybe you should read a book sometime, all bravo no brains.
Posted by lake chuck fan
Vinton
Member since Aug 2011
25205 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:25 pm to
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We have interceptors, they suck and miss most of the time, and we only have a few of them




Really?? How many nuclear armed missles has the US missed lately?

Your one stupid idiot. Lol
Posted by soonerinlOUisiana
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Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:29 pm to
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It's not a matter of velocity you fricking retard. At hypersonic speeds the vehicle is enshrouded in plasma. PLASMA, a laser weapon is useless. Maybe you should read a book sometime, all bravo no brains.


Actually no. But you do you.
Posted by lake chuck fan
Vinton
Member since Aug 2011
25205 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:30 pm to
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It's not a matter of velocity you fricking retard. At hypersonic speeds the vehicle is enshrouded in plasma. PLASMA, a laser weapon is useless



I suppose you have absolute knowledge of all laser capabilities the US possesses..... (you don't)
Kinetic defense missiles can do the job.
They don't have to be faster than supersonic missles, there is this thing called trajectory.... now days we have AI/computers that figure that part out.

shite! I didn't even read a book! Lol
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
5055 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:30 pm to
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How many nuclear armed missles has the US missed lately?


How many have we hit?

What a stupid boomer argument. Take your dementia pills old man.
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
5055 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:31 pm to
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Kinetic defense missiles can do the job.


That's not what we're talking about is it. Why can boomers not understand message boards in 2026?

You definitely need some reading.
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