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@HoansSolo this is most interesting. Looking at the basic specs in the article, it looks like a smart option. It’s quite fast, it can be guided - and therefore manoeuvrable - which is what one would want from a nextgen cruise missile on steroids (which is what this is). https://twitter.com/dicksamuelsmit/status/1281591541153366017
A couple of questions come to mind:
A. What would you reckon the range is? Given the size, the engines, 600km max?
B. The timeline give it mid-2030s, which aligns with developments for the rest of the architecture to make this work. Still, it’s a decade and a lot could happen;
A. What would you reckon the range is? Given the size, the engines, 600km max?
B. The timeline give it mid-2030s, which aligns with developments for the rest of the architecture to make this work. Still, it’s a decade and a lot could happen;
Lastly, and this is really one for our Master Yoda of US-Jpn alliance strategy @dicksamuelsMIT (
): is this the type of capability that indicates the alliance is starting to be taken less seriously/effectively as insurance policy?
): is this the type of capability that indicates the alliance is starting to be taken less seriously/effectively as insurance policy?
Or, let me rephrase and drag in the ever insightful @SheilaSmithCFR: is this the type of capability that, when assessed against the current trans of mil power in Jpn indicates a will to go beyond ‘borrowed power’?
NB. Granted that timelines are still on Japan time
NB. Granted that timelines are still on Japan time
