Left unsaid:
Are the available DEWs (Directed energy weapons) available today merely defensive in nature?
https://www.twz.com/heres-our-first-look-at-a-helios-laser-armed-navy-destroyer
If not, then are these weapons going to be unveiled with the forthcoming war on many fronts?
And Uncle Sam allegedly has mission ready hypersonic missiles.
Which doesn't surprise me as a family member worked on one of Lockheed's hypersonic missiles. This was over in Fort Worth about four years ago.
Named after the fastest shark in the seas, Mako blazes down on time-sensitive targets when every second counts. Able to maneuver in a high-altitude hypersonic regime, it penetrates advanced air-defense systems to engage these high-value targets at or below hypersonic speeds, depending on mission requirements.
So, the F-16 can carry the Mako.
Can the F-16s sent to Ukraine carry them, too?
If so, that means Moscow might be vulnerable to first strike attacks.
And hypersonic missiles are one thing, but what about the "stealth" stealthy plane known as Aurora?
https://www.bing.com/search?FORM=U523DF&PC=U523&q=The+War+Zone+Aurora+plane
I remember reading a piece in The War Zone a year or so ago.
TWZ had interviewed the guy who headed up Lockheed in Palmdale.
In the background of one of the photos was a mock-up of a hypersonic plane.
The interviewee dropped an Easter egg when he mentioned the possibility of a plane that could fly Mach 16 to Mach 20.
No existing anti-aircraft missile system could touch such a plane.
Which provides Uncle Sam with first strike capability anywhere on the globe.
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Well then if I were Russia,I'd send a nuke first.
--GRA
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