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tguvottoday at 5:25 AM1 replyview on HN

there was interview with guy from rafael who was head of iron beam project. it looks like they have some plans for dealing with icbm. airborne if I understood correctly


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bawolfftoday at 5:55 AM

I guess airborne would be easier to intercept in their earlier phase before they go super fast, but then you have to have air assets in the right place at the right time.

At their terminal phase icbms go at mach 25, which is pretty hard to shine a laser on for an extended period of time.

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