America's Thermonuclear Strike

[Martian2]

I have just uploaded a video on the launch and impact of an American thermonuclear missile. My brother spent days producing the video by using base footage from the United States Air Force and Northrop Grumman.

Excluding Hollywood movie trailers, I think it is the most entertaining video on YouTube. I hope you enjoy it.

The flight stages of a Chinese DF-31A intercontinental ballistic missile are identical to those of an American Minuteman III missile traveling in the opposite direction. This video is intended to be both highly entertaining and instructive.

 

[Martian2]

I have just uploaded a video on the launch and impact of an American thermonuclear missile. My brother spent days producing the video by using base footage from the United States Air Force and Northrop Grumman.

Excluding Hollywood movie trailers, I think it is the most entertaining video on YouTube. I hope you enjoy it.

The flight stages of a Chinese DF-31A intercontinental ballistic missile are identical to those of an American Minuteman III missile traveling in the opposite direction. This video is intended to be both highly entertaining and instructive.

I hope all of you had a chance to watch my brother's video on "America's Thermonuclear Strike." There are three important facts you should have learned from Northrop Grumman's explanation of ICBM flight stages.

At "T+19" (or 19 seconds after ignition), the ICBM is traveling at supersonic speed. At "T+39," the ICBM is traveling at three times the speed of sound. When an ICBM is launched from America's heartland in the Midwest or China's heartland in Tibet or Xinjiang, no known technology can stop a Chinese DF-31A or American Minuteman III.

Furthermore, watch carefully during the "post boost flight" as the warhead is maneuvered into position at a "pre-determined window in space." The flight of an ICBM is not a mere parabola. The "post boost flight" shows that we have no idea where the thermonuclear warhead is located or the trajectory it will assume upon reentry.

To make things even more complicated, a modern warhead design (not shown in this video) has its own course-altering navigation "jets." The point is that after you watch my brother's video on "America's Thermonuclear Strike," you should conclude that no current or foreseeable technology can realistically defend against Chinese DF-31A or American Minuteman III MIRVed warheads.

Also, my previous claim of a Mach 10 terminal phase for a modern ICBM warhead is too low. Here's a citation from the Federation of American Scientists for a Mach 23 terminal phase for a Minuteman III warhead during reentry.

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_3.htm

"Speed: Approximately 15,000 mph (Mach 23 or 24,000 kph) at burnout"

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

The Minuteman can only be called a pre-modern solid ICBM. It was modern in the 1960s. The US and the USSR and later Russia later developed much more capable ones. Now it has come to surface that the W-76?? physics package it delivers is rot.ting prematurely and will need replacing across the fleet.

Still, Mach 20+ is awesome speed for the RV.