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76 - Are Aircraft Carriers Becoming Obsolete?

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Hypersonic Gliders Aren't Harder to Kill Than Terminally Guided Ballistic Missiles

There's no way to guarantee that a ballistic missile won't hit an aircraft carrier. The differences is in the strategic impact, because the glide vehicle is harder to tell where it's coming from. I don't think it actually has that much to do with hypersonics per se. But I also think it has to do with UAVs and suicidal drone swarms.

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