The Strategic Defense Inititative Part 2 of 3 1989 to 1992

Strategic Defense Initiative - 1989 to 1994, second of three part documentary.

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• 1989
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• 1992

[marcabfleetcommand]

@TalksWithDirt actually, the only ABM type systems that targeted the terminal phase were ones like the sprint, which would intercept the RV's that the larger spartan missiles would miss, and essentially just fry them with neutron radiation. and, at this stage of the cold war the r-36 wasnt the only missile the soviets had, the ur-100n (ss-19), and the r-39 (ss-n-20) both carried 6 mirv's. i just dont get people that pop by vids with random crap knowledge but ya these vids are great

[marcabfleetcommand]

@TalksWithDirt mad was a defense doctrine adopted by both sides as part of the middle phase of the cold war buildup, back when everyone was afraid of things like F.O.B.S. (which became the r-36) and its pretty lame to get all pissy about how he says nuclear, just sayin

[TalksWithDirt]

The terminal phase the ICBM these programs were aimed at, the R-36/SS-18, was a hydrazine fueled monster with 10 MIRVs. This would have been a very very basic test as the relative velocity between the payload the the boost stage is minimal. In a real engagement closing velocities will be on the order of 14 km/sec or ~8 miles/sec. Only two SDI systems ever really became of anything and they are both very faulty systems, NMD, and YAL-1. For some people spiritually satisfying but engineering flops.

[TalksWithDirt]

It's nuclear as in new-clear. The word comes from fact the nuclear weapons work by either splitting or fusing of atomic nuclei. It's not an atomic "nuculus" they are not "nuculear" weapons. They are nuclear "NEW-CLEAR" weapons. .... And MAD was not a program, but a result of the evolution of nuclear weapons, their delivery systems, and the compression of warning and operations time from hours/days to minutes/hours. Great hardware shots.