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  1. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    100 kilowatt laser by 2029? 100 kilowatt laser is extremely weak. The Boeing ABL was a megawatt laser and it took about one minute to burn through the shell of a liquid-fueled ICBM. A missile can be easily protected with Space Shuttle heat-tile material. A missile warhead is also very tiny...
  2. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    You are wrong. An AWACS needs its engines to keep the airplane flying in the air. A destroyer can use its entire engine power for a laser, because it can float when there is no power. In the case of the Boeing ABL, massive space was devoted to chemicals for powering a laser. In contrast...
  3. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    Show me the link where I said a "Mach 0.9 subsonic missile [is] a hypersonic missile." I'm calling you a liar.
  4. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    I doubt a laser can shoot it down. It's easy to protect an air-to-air missile with a Space Shuttle heat-tile material. Also, the amount of power that can be generated by a small aircraft engine to power the laser is pretty tiny compared to a massive ship like a destroyer. An EMP would work...
  5. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    The Popular Science article clearly says the Chinese VLRAAM uses a ROCKET ENGINE. It does not have a scramjet engine as you are claiming. Try reading the article and stop making ridiculous claims. The article states the Chinese VLRAAM is shot into near outer-space to reduce drag. Also, the...
  6. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    Flare and chaff don't work on advanced AESA, optical, and infrared sensors on the Chinese VLRAAM. EW (or electronic warfare) is a last hope and prayer. I don't think too many pilots want to risk their lives on EW.
  7. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    Bottom line: No US weapon can currently counter the Chinese VLRAAM.
  8. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    US will probably develop its own Mach 6 air-to-air missile. SM-6 is useless for defense against VLRAAM. The American SM-6 is probably useless against the Chinese VLRAAM. The Chinese VLRAAM has a terminal velocity of Mach 6. The SM-6 has a top speed of Mach 3.5. As the Chinese VLRAAM...
  9. Martian

    China's Mach 6 air-to-air missile (VLRAAM) at 200 miles successful | Popular Science

    CHINA IS TESTING A NEW LONG-RANGE, AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE THAT COULD THWART U.S. PLANS FOR AIR WARFARE | Popular Science "In November 2016, a Chinese J-16 strike fighter test-fired a gigantic hypersonic missile, successfully destroying the target drone at a very long range. ... Reports are that the...
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