Russian tsirkon missile hits at Mach 7

Catfish · 07-20-21, 01:27 PM

"According to objective control data, the Tsirkon missile made a direct and a successfully hit on the target at a range of over 350 km. The flight speed was about 7 Mach."

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...ground-target/

Not much chance to defend against this

Skybird · 07-20-21, 01:45 PM

AFAIK Bezos wanted it to replace the pneumatic letter shoot system at Amazon headquarters, but the unions prevented it, refering to increased workload for staff if working orders reached them at this high speed and frequency.

Catfish · 07-20-21, 02:42 PM

Reece · 07-20-21, 07:30 PM

With China the way they are it would be nice if Russia and the US were to become allies!

Buddahaid · 07-20-21, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reece

With China the way they are it would be nice if Russia and the US were to become allies!

We tried that once and they stole all the technology.....

Jimbuna · 07-22-21, 12:43 PM

Won't take China very long to copy it.

07-20-21, 01:27 PM	#1
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Russian tsirkon missile hits at Mach 7 "According to objective control data, the Tsirkon missile made a direct and a successfully hit on the target at a range of over 350 km. The flight speed was about 7 Mach." https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...ground-target/ Not much chance to defend against this __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

07-20-21, 01:45 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,496 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	AFAIK Bezos wanted it to replace the pneumatic letter shoot system at Amazon headquarters, but the unions prevented it, refering to increased workload for staff if working orders reached them at this high speed and frequency. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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07-20-21, 07:30 PM	#4
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07-22-21, 12:43 PM	#6
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