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[–] nowimonvoattoo ago  (edited ago)

You better come up with some good ideas... fast. There is a Mach 6 missile incoming and you have a few seconds to react.

Admiral Cecil Haney, the head of US Strategic Command, warned that American anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems would be virtually incapable of intercepting the Russian hypersonic systems expected to be deployed soon.

Captain (ret.) Jerry Hendrix, a defense analyst for the Washington-based Center for a New American Security, says anti-ship cruise missiles would force US Navy carrier strike groups (CSGs) to stay hundreds or even thousands of kilometers from the enemy's coast, which would make strikes from their carrier-based aircraft against ground targets ineffective.

Here is another link.