Next generation of military submarines is entering the service

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http://crisisofdemocracticstates.blogspot.com/p/next-generation-of-military-submarines.html

Kimmo Huosionmaa

The next generation of missile submarines have extremely high precision strike capacity, and those submarines can be equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. Here I'm writing about both sides the United States Navy's and the Russian Navy's new equipment, what is developing on both sides of the new cold war. And also China would be interested in those systems, what have many capabilities to destroy enemy's sea or land targets with surgical strikes. Those weapons are fully automatized, and they can operate without the crew years at the sea, without coming to the base, and they are the most dangerous military systems, what have ever developed.


In these scenarios, the ballistic missiles like Trident D-5 or SS-N-20 "Seahawk" would be equipped with the aerodynamic warheads or scramjet engined cruise missiles, what can fly straight to target with speed over Mach 6. Those missiles are very hard to intercept, and the warning time would be extremely short. They can be equipped with STEALTH-technology or active DEW (Directed Energy Weapon) system, what mission is to destroy or disturb the anti-aircraft missiles, what are shooting against those incoming hypersonic cruise missiles.


That very high-speed equipment would destroy the target by using kinetic energy, and its survivability for attack can be increased by installing the RATO-system, what gives electricity to the magnetrons, what can create very powerful microwave signals to those targets. That system could damage the mission-critical systems of the targetted vessel. In this case, the microwave transmitter's mission would destroy enemy electronics equipment and give extreme heat to the hull of the targeted vessel or supply dump.


This system would not close the existence of thermonuclear warhead, and the microwave systems mission would be helping the missile to survive the counter missiles, and the microwave would plow the enemy anti-aircraft missiles away from the route of attacking missile. Those new submarines would have many technical advantages, like the capacity to patrol without the crew. So those next-generation missile submarines can patrol in the deepest seas years without coming to the base. If the crew is necessary, those men can transfer to the submarine by the hull of the support vessel. And the submarine itself stays unseen.


The crew transfer can also be used for another submarine, and in this might be one purpose to build the "Uniform class" nuclear-propelled midget submarines. Drone submarines can patrol at sea, and be waiting for orders to begin the operation against enemies, but sometimes those vessels need service and that's why the service crew must sometimes visit in those submarines, what can be patrolling in the secret locations, and wait for orders to open fire with missiles, or start to hunt enemy submarines and surface battle units.

Sources:

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/06/01/russia-has-plans-for-its-future-nuclear-subs-and-it-involves-hypersonic-missiles/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DFN+DNR+6%2F1%2F18&utm_term=Editorial+-+Daily+News+Roundup

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Why is the defense against hypersonic cruise missile so difficult?

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Kimmo Huosionmaa

Hypersonic missile or cruise missile (HCM) is the new type of weapon, what uses technology that allows the weapon glide to the ground with the extremely high speed with gentle incoming trajectory. This would give the very big challenge for the defense, what must react this threat only in a couple of seconds. The launching of those extremely fast weapons may be done by submarines, surface warships or by aircraft. This weapon is the new type of solution for first strike missions.


Hypersonic cruise missiles are developed in many nations. The limitations of this kind of weapon are very difficult because they don't need warheads. And the kinetic energy what is boosted with microwaves is the devastating combination for aircraft carriers. The microwave-transmitter can installed to the nose of those missiles, and it can be got the necessary electric power from windmill turbogenerators.


The extremely high speed would give very powerful microwaves. The microwaves would be devastating for the target, and if they are not enough, would the kinetic energy terminate the structure, when the missile hits the target with speed above Mach 8. And those hypersonic cruise missiles can accelerate up to speed Mach 12.  The kinetic energy would be very devastating at that speed. But the problem is, that those missiles can mask as the new superfast airplane-testbeds.


One of the greatest problems with hypersonic missiles is that they use so-called low observable technology. That means that the head of that missile is invincible for radars because the shape of the hypersonic body would be similar with B-2 Stealth-bomber. And the gentle shape what allows to avoid the radar-waves would also allow avoiding the friction of the atmosphere.


The final problem with those weapons is that some of them are equipped with similar ECM-systems, what makes the detecting and targeting the air defense missiles to this hypersonic target extremely difficult. Also, some of those missiles are equipped with microwave generators, what mission will be heat the target and make their armor softer, what gives the missile greater penetration. Another mission of those microwave systems is also terminate the electric systems of the target.


As I have written earlier, those hypersonic cruise missiles can destroy even the aircraft carriers by using kinetic energy. The nuclear warhead makes those weapons even more devastating. The gentle trajectory would allow striking against the doors of underground leading facilities. The weapon can strike against the door of those facilities. And it can detonate just outside the cave, what protects the command center. The only problem is that nuclear warhead must detonate in microseconds.

Sources:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3091715/Air-Force-bosses-reveal-want-hypersonic-missiles-five-years-technology-planes-travel-New-York-London-HOUR.html

http://thehill.com/sponsored/content/245420-no-longer-science-fiction-facing-global-threats-with-hypersonic-missiles

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/could-uss-new-hypersonic-missile-spark-world-war-3-1555182

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WU-14

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Falcon_Project
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How hypersonic missiles work?

Boeing X-51 Waverider  is typical HCM
(Hypersonic Cruise Missile) candidate
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Kimmo Huosionmaa

Hypersonic missiles are the fastest man-made cruise missiles in the world. The function of those weapons is normally, that ballistic missile would take those weapons to the ballistic trajectory, what allows enough speed, that the hypersonic ramjets would be launched, and those motors would give this missile the speed of Mach 12. But there are many problems with those missiles and USAF X-51 "Waverider" failed, and it couldn't start it hydrogen scramjet-motors in 2012.


The hypersonic cruise missiles are new kind of weapon, what is extremely dangerous even without the nuclear warhead. The kinetic energy of those missiles is extremely high, and if that thing hits any target, would the result be devastating. Also, the defense against those weapons is extremely difficult because the angle of incoming missiles is so variable. The nuclear warhead is of course very devastating things, but the hypersonic missiles are devastating without explosives.


Many states have the similar projects, and the most devastating version of those missiles is the nuclear-powered missile, where the burning process of fuel has been replaced with the nuclear reactor. This missile has extremely high speed and because of its big size, this weapon can cause more destruction than any existed weapon ever before. The hypersonic speed allows using the pressure blast of those weapons as a weapon.


The hypersonic flight allows to use the pressure spire as the weapon, what might make the track anywhere this weapon flies. That would give this devastating cruise missile extreme devastating capacity. The big size nuclear-powered missile can use hydrogen or water as the fuel. In this solution, the fuel would be injected into the reactor, what would give very powerful specific impulse. This kind of nuclear ramjet is not very sharp about the propellant, and the idea of this motor is, that the propellant and high speed would also cool the reactor, while this missile will travel across the airspace.


But the problem of those weapons is radioactive fallout. The radiation of the reactor would change the material, what travels thru the reactor also radioactive. That's the very bad problem with nuclear-powered aircraft. In the Cold War were many projects, where were investigated the use of nuclear power in many roles like in automobiles and aircraft. The best way to use nuclear reactors in aircraft is to use closed-cycle reactors, where the reactor would use to rotate the turbines. And the propellant would be heated by using electric arc. This would not deliver radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. But this is the only rumor and those test planes are highly classified.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_aircraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95LAL

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/hypersonic-weapons-fit-future-war/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Timberwind

http://knkx.org/post/hypersonic-waverider-failed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-51_Waverider

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