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Putin Blasts Syria With New Stealth Missile—and Shows the World He Can Strike From 1,700 Miles Away
It wasn’t that long ago that the U.S. Air Force seemed to be the only one capable of attacking from half a continent away. Then came Russia’s ‘anti-ISIS’ strikes. Russia apparently deployed for the first time a new, radar-evading cruise missile during its massive Nov. 17 heavy bomber raid on Syria. The Kh-101 long-range cruise missile, which reportedly packs an 800-pound warhead and can fly no less than 1,700 miles under satellite guidance...
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And a weapon like this is pretty much the exact reason our battleships have been getting fitted with anti-missile railgun systems
There may be more wishful thinking than credible information in that view. Yes, the U.S. Navy has railgun prototypes. No, they haven’t got any battleships. No, aside from early prototypes no existing ships are being armed with railguns. No, railguns today aren’t even remotely capable of defending against either ballistic or cruise missiles. Even with generous budgetary levels of cubic taxpayer money, that’s theoretically possible the same way it was theoretically possible to field a new fighter/bomber.