I dunno homie, this was pretty cut and dry on the systems it was trying to describe. It didn't try to be much more than it was. It has a touch of fear mongering, but these are real things in our world that people won't get a concept of without some nice gifs.
The article misses the key point which is worrying the Pentagon - if NKorea launches a missile, the trajectory goes over Russian airspace (the world is a sphere, so the shortest distance between NKorea and USA is over mainland Russia). If the USA had a missile which can intercept the ICBM, it would have to launch it very early and towards Russia if it stands a chance of hitting it while it is at it's most predictable trajectory and slowest speed. What do you think the Russian Nuclear deterrence program will do when it detects a USA missile heading towards Russia? Hint - it will fire 2000 projectiles back. There was a serious panel by serious military analysts about 3 months ago where they discuss the impossibility of stopping a NKorean missile since it's trajectory goes over Russia.
> If the USA had a missile which can intercept the ICBM, it would have to launch it very early and towards Russia if it stands a chance of hitting it while it is at it's most predictable trajectory and slowest speed
The article discusses a midcourse interceptor, which is the longest phase of the ballistic missile. It is not "very early" as you said, which implies the boost phase.
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The article discusses a midcourse interceptor, which is the longest phase of the ballistic missile. It is not "very early" as you said, which implies the boost phase.
https://mda.mil/system/elements.html