The Briefing Room
General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 26, 2019, 01:28:52 pm
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Pentagon Developing F-35s to Kill ICBMs
-- Kris Osborn
(Washington, DC) The Pentagon is working with industry to explore the possibility that bomb, missile or laser-armed F-35s could destroy an attacking nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) targeting the US, potentially bringing a new dimension to existing defenses.
The idea would be to use F-35 weapons and sensors to detect or destroy an ICBM launch during its initial “boost†phase of upward flight toward the boundary of the earth’s atmosphere.
https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/future-weapons/pentagon-developing-f-35s-to-kill-icbms-AfQPStTbykGh1lAgE2Od0A/