[LINK] What are the new frontiers of war?”

Stephen Loosley stephenloosley at outlook.com
Thu Feb 17 11:47:33 AEDT 2022


Frank kindly writes .. and forwards ..

>> Drones, and ever ’smarter’ drones are in all probability the way of the future.
>
> “Quantum sensors, sea drones and hypersonic missiles: what are the new frontiers of war?”
>
> There’s more than subs in the AUKUS technology-sharing pact with the US and the UK - AI,
> cyber, quantum, hypersonic missiles and other “undersea capabilities” are on the menu too.
>
> ..
> One particularly impressive-sounding type of weapon, which Australia plans to continue
> working on with the US, is hypersonics..  The speed of sound is usually measured in Mach
> numbers ...  speeds between Mach 1 and Mach 5  are called supersonic, and hypersonic is
> above Mach 5.”
>
> That’s the big threat, that you have no time to react. It would come down to seconds.
>
> Russia, he went on, already had high-precision hypersonics, able to hit speeds as high
> as Mach 20 in some cases, as well as dodge defence systems. Hypersonic weapons are
> designed to travel at faster speeds than “standard” ballistic missiles while also being
> manoeuvrable ... The US is spending billions of dollars on hypersonics, and wants a
> weapon operational in the next few years.. Webb hopes Western nations working
> more closely together will, “actually settle things down. It just raises the bar and,
> hopefully, it raises it too high for China to step over.”


“At the end of the first orbital test flight for its 164-foot Starship, SpaceX envisions re-entry
into the atmosphere at speeds approaching  Mach 25 or 19, 000 miles per hour followed by hypersonic flight”

https://www.govtech.com/products/orbital-spacex-starship-to-splash-down-sink-near-hawaii

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