1/ Back in college I found a book at a used bookstore "Nuclear War Survival Skills", which, in addition to having tons of prepper information, also had an introduction which mentioned, among other things, that a sane political stance re nuclear war was neither left nor right
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4/ On that note, I've been thinking / worrying about the fact that US, China, and Russia are all developing hypersonic, non-ballistic missiles. Seems like a destabilizing technology. Lower launch signature (ICBM launches are very easy to see via sattelite), shorter flight time
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5/ ICBMs have about 25-30 minutes between launch and impact. Assume 5 minutes gets wasted before POTUS is informed, he can gather facts and consult with advisors for almost 20 minutes before commanding a launch. Hypersonic missiles launched from bombers are harder to detect,
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6/ ...and fly faster ... at least towards coastal targets (longer to get to the center of the US). Anyway. "May you live in interesting times."
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7/ The good news, though, is that we've got very intelligent, sane, balanced people with excellent cognitive skills at the highest levels of power in both the US and PRC, so it's all gonna be ok.
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