[HN Gopher] Raytheon, Northrop Grumman to build Air Force scramj...
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       Raytheon, Northrop Grumman to build Air Force scramjet hypersonic
       missiles
        
       Author : hsnewman
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2022-09-26 22:23 UTC (36 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.militaryaerospace.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.militaryaerospace.com)
        
       | Arubis wrote:
       | Tl;dr:
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       | - deal is for just a hair short of US$1bn
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       | - jobs are in Tucson
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       | - proposed delivery starts 2027
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       | - proposed launch platform is f-15
        
       | bertjk wrote:
       | I love the phrasing used in this press release.
       | 
       | > hypersonic weapon designed to hold high-value targets at risk
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       | We don't destroy targets anymore. We hold our targets _at risk_.
        
         | throwawaylinux wrote:
         | There's some truth to it. These missiles won't be used for
         | bombing the Middle East. They'll be used for things like
         | demonstrating to China that an invasion fleet in the Taiwan
         | Strait is vulnerable. If they ever have to destroy a target it
         | will be because that primary strategy failed.
        
         | bamboozled wrote:
         | What's wrong with the wording?
         | 
         | ICBM missile solo, not something you really want to blow up,
         | but it would be cool if you could eliminate it within minutes
         | should it start to pose a risk.
        
         | boc wrote:
         | Holding targets at risk is fundamentally different from
         | destroying targets.
         | 
         | Hypersonic anti-ship weapons allow China to hold US carriers
         | off the coast of Taiwan "at risk", but it doesn't mean they
         | have to destroy them to be effective.
         | 
         | I know you're trying to dunk on this press release, but it's
         | actually a specific phrase that has real meaning in the defense
         | world.
        
       | zer0zzz wrote:
       | SLAM!!!
        
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