Originally Posted by fakecd

the article is absolute horse &*%$ that is beyond fake news or realms of fiction. re-entry speed ot icbm is at 7km/s... that is 1.5 second from typical cruise altitude of aircraft to an impact.

or put i this way. at cruising altituee you can see about 240miles away max in best visibility. assuming you first see a missle on reentry stage (which in itself is bull*&%$#>) at this terminal visibility, it takes 55 seconds to travel that distace.

for an aircraft pilot to "detect, identify ICBM flighpath, and modify course to avoid impact to reentry vehicle that is travlling at at 25,000km/h (30x faster than airplane)" is just a plain psychopath idea