A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System with a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle??
by | October 18, 2021 | No Comments
This is a complicated one. According to Demetri Sevastopulo at the Financial Times, China tested something that sounds a whole lot like FOBS with an HGV. Something that orbited the globe and dropped a hypersonic glide vehicle against a target. Jeffrey, Aaron, and Scott try to figure out what actually was tested (HGV-FOBS? An intercontinental …
Birthing a Book
by | October 16, 2021 | 5 Comments
Note to readers: This writer usually succeeds in focusing on issues in this space, leaving the first person singular to others. Not this time around. I’m a proud pappa. Again. Lyrics of the Week: “Gonna pack my lunch in the morningAnd go to work each day And when the evening rolls aroundI’ll go on home …
Glide or Die
by | October 7, 2021 | No Comments
Glide or die, baby. The North Koreans, on a real cavalcade of missile debuts reminiscent of 2017, have tested what they claim to be a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). Which means they are just checking off their list of goals, leaving a nuclear powered submarine, a MIRV, and a solid propellant ICBM as the main …
The Perfect Storm
by | October 4, 2021 | 2 Comments
How Much Longer for a Space Code of Conduct?
by Michael Krepon | September 21, 2021
All Aboard the Missile Train
by ACW Podcast | September 18, 2021
Yongbyon Enrichment Plant
by Jeffrey Lewis | September 16, 2021
Not Lackin' LACMs
by ACW Podcast | September 15, 2021
Hope and Stiltgrass
by Michael Krepon | September 13, 2021
Boiling Fish at Yongbyon
by ACW Podcast | September 8, 2021
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This is a complicated one. According to Demetri Sevastopulo at the Financial Times, China tested something that sounds a whole lot like FOBS with an HGV. Something that orbited the globe and dropped a hypersonic glide vehicle against a target.
Jeffrey, Aaron, and Scott try to figure out what actually was tested (HGV-FOBS? An intercontinental glider? A super-lofted ballistic missile??), talk about what it means to be a “fractional orbital bombardment system” versus a regular ballistic missile, and why the pursuit of perfect missile defenses may make us all less secure.
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