US Navy is giddy at their new toy
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#1 US Navy is giddy at their new toy
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This would radically change combat, nations who have this would have a hard to defeat defence against missiles (especially ballistic ones) and aircraft. You would have to either close in enough for the flight path to be to short and fast for a lock on or send in so many you overwhelm the defences.
If it works.
If it works.
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