#ICBM

Umair Aslam

Defense785

CHINESE “STRATEGIC FORCES” [THREAD] *Important Thread to Follow* The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (formerly the Second Artillery Force) organizes and commands its own troops to launch nuclear counter-attacks with

Markus Schiller

RocketSchiller

Interesting questions, thank you. But there seems to be a misconception on what makes a FOBS.As the name says, it is a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, meaning it has to

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AmirIGM

I think one of the more interesting things about this is not the fact that Iran claimed it possesses ICBM capability - that is something Iranians and outside observers have

Ankit Panda

nktpnd

That was quick.https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1328620620100329472 With this test, SM3 Block IIA becomes the second US missile defense interceptor type to have demonstrated success against ICBM-class targets. This will have conseque

(((James Acton)))

james_acton32

OK. Let's talk about the chain of command for nukes...It's probably POTUS -> SECDEF -> Commander, U.S. Strategic Command -> ... "Probably" because it's opaque and complicated, though there's no

Tajo Takoya

TajoTakoya

#PLARF #ICBMa)It was painful to search & collect the silo positions in the recent yearsSince then I shared them many timesIt was of help to study open CIA documents for

Matt Korda

mattkorda

New policy memo on the US ICBM force!Key takeaway: Biden should immediately launch a review of the role of ICBMs in nuke strategy, and either cancel or reduce the scope

Simon Petersen

SimonHoejbjerg

Why is it, that an interceptor can have demonstrable capability against a target class that it was not originally designed for?Because the answer is more complicated than a simple design

Jon Hawkes

JonHawkes275

Today’s run through of Victory Day Parade vehicles are artillery and indirect fire systems, following on from tank (https://bit.ly/2VcCFOX ) and IFVs (https://bit.ly/3fObphN ). Tomorrow, air defence. As always, praise to our

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533mmTorpedo

A must read. Also mega-scary in a way because Chinese experts don't think that the Indian nuclear arsenal, howsoever small it may be at this point, provides India with a

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BlinkThinkn

** The Cuba Missile Crisis **The date is 26 July 1953 that in Cuba communist revolution happened and on 1 Jan 1959 Communist were successful in overthrowing the Cuban government

Aaron Mehta

AaronMehta

In the past month, Defense News has published a large number of op-eds around arms control, #nuclear weapons and missile defense issues. We have more coming. It's pretty clear both

Laura Grego

LauraEGrego

This morning the Missile Defense Agency announced a successful intercept test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system against an “ICBM target.” What does this mean? https://www.mda.mil/news/20news0003.html In short, it

Tom Nichols

RadioFreeTom

So, here's a thread on missile defense, since the U.S. is trumpeting shooting down an ICBM from an AEGIS. This is about why I was okay with SDI in the

(((James Acton)))

james_acton32

Thoughts on the successful test of an SM-3 IIA interceptor against an ICBM.BLUF: For technical & operational reasons, SM-IIAs aren't much use for homeland defense, especially against Russia or China.Politically

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