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by Thrymr 4824 days ago
> non-nuclear ICBMs- because that is what this is.

Well, no, it's not. It's not a missile, it's not ballistic, and I don't know if the range is truly intercontinental. Not that the Russians and Chinese won't be concerned, but it is a rather different thing (and a much harder engineering problem).
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EwanToo 4824 days ago
You're right it's not a ballistic missile, but it's end goal is in many ways the same:

"Prompt Global Strike (PGS) is a United States military effort to develop a system that can deliver a precision conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world within one hour, in a similar manner to a nuclear ICBM"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_Global_Strike

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