Modern Weapons Of War

[Alexx1401]

With satellites, are Blackbird planes still needed?

I had kind of wondered that too. Seems the satellite tech has gotten so damn good now I wondered why they needed the plane.

 

[billdeserthills]

Ukraine uses long-range ATACMS against Russia for the first time
The U.S. provided Ukraine with the powerful ballistic missiles this month but did not reveal it publicly for operational security reasons, a National Security Council spokesperson said

The U.S. provided Ukraine with powerful long-range ballistic missiles for the first time earlier this month, and its military has already used them twice in the last week against Russian forces, according to three U.S. officials.

The first strike was about 100 miles inside Crimea's border on the morning of April 17, targeting a Russian military airfield, according to the officials. The Ukrainian military used the U.S.-provided Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, for the second time Tuesday night, targeting Russian forces east of the southeastern Ukrainian town of Berdyansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, officials said.

Ukraine uses long-range ATACMS against Russia for the first time

The U.S. provided Ukraine with the powerful ballistic missiles this month but did not reveal it publicly for operational security reasons, a National Security Council spokesperson said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Kcee]

I used to make test chambers for microwave guidance systems, and I have a brother still working in the defense industry who's an expert in microwave technologies.

I wish he didn't have a NDA, and could tell me about the new weapons technologies. He can only hint that they really freak him out, and he's a big science fiction fan.

They compartmentalize everything, so when you build parts for weapons, you have no idea what they end up in. For all I know I was helping with intercontinental nuclear missile production.