The Arms Race

[Boac]

The new Russian ICBM looks like a killer! Mach 20.......... That'll make the Chump's day!

[Cacophonix]

The new Russian ICBM looks like a killer! Mach 20.......... That'll make the Chump's day!

And probably end ours if the buggers ever have a mind to use it and it actually works as advertiseed!

I assume you are talking about the RS-28 Sarmat

Its large payload of about 10 tonnes would allow for up to 10 heavy MIRV warheads or 15 lighter ones (350 kilotons yield each) or up to 24 Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles, or a combination of warheads and massive amounts of countermeasures designed to defeat anti-missile systems; it was heralded by the Russian military as a response to the U.S. Prompt Global Strike.

Sarmat has a short boost phase, which shortens the interval when it can be tracked by satellites with infrared sensors, like Space-Based Infrared System and makes it harder to intercept.

It is speculated that RS-28 could fly a trajectory over the South Pole, completely immune to any current U.S. missile defense system. It is suspected to have a Fractional Orbital Bombardment (FOBS) capability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractiona ... ent_System


Caco

[Pontius Navigator]

Wasn't FOBS designed to counter BMEWS?

Weren't IR Sats designed to counter FOBS?

So short burn is designed to counter IRS.

Attack and defence, the never ending race.