Nice re-entry videos. I like the one showing strikes on the atoll; they put the energy of each warhead vehicle into perspective. I imagine in a conventional role they’ll convert a whole warhead bus to strike a target and use some kind of DU-tipped fletchette round to take out a conical area.
Something tells me you’re not joking when you say that…
No, its already here. The Russians were playing dumb when they were proposed, saying they might mistake them for a launch against their assets. As a compromise, yet to be ratified by the Senate, we trade one conventional-ICBM launch for one nuclear weapon per the last treaty.
Edit: Answering the question below “But isn’t it a bit of a waste to use ICBMs for conventional use?”
If you could send a single missile – with less than 35 minutes of flight time to traverse the entire globe – to kill an Osama Bin Laden and neuter Al Queda with a staggering blow like that, why would that be a waste? In the past they’ve had the capability to prosecute important targets across the globe, but an aircraft was well over 35 minutes away; more like four hours. Sometimes extreme targets call for extreme measures. This is a capability, not something that will necessarily ever be used.
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