Comments on: Rattlrs Strikes Fast

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This is nothing more than a souped up Lockheed D-21 Drone from the A-12 & SR-71 era. Using current technologies. IMHO

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By: Jeff_F_F

Jeff_F_F — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:22:44 +0000

If it is going mach 4+ on the way up, when it comes back down it will be going almost as fast. now all you need is a hardened nose cone and a thermobaric warhead to make one impressive bunker buster.

By: howard

howard — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:51:56 +0000

Looks a bit like the front of a Talos.
The Bendix SAM-N-8/RIM-50 Typhon LR from the early 60’s hits the Mach 4 with 200 mile range.
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-50.html
Posted by: John at September 9, 2006 08:29 PM
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yes John… i am constantly amazed at how the US military creates designs, puts them into production, scraps them and starts over again, and comes up with something that might be as capable.
i have a few friends who have done DOD work in their lives and they tell me that the greatest single issue is the unwillingness of the military guys to make a design better. IF they had just improved the speed and range of the Talos system, they would already have the majority of what this ‘RATTLRS’ thing seeks to accomplish.

By: Moose

Moose — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:55:15 +0000

Robot, there are all too often targets of opportunity in warfare with a vulnerable window of MINUTES. A conventional aircraft or cruise missile simply can’t cover enough territory fast enough to strike them, unless it just happens to be overhead already. A target doesn’t need rocket cars, the distance he can travel in a Land Cruiser during the flight of a Tomahawk can put him out of reach. This is why Armed Predators came into being, becuase the people flying the drones were previously unable to hit the targets they were staring at before the target got out of sight. So Rattlr gives similar capacity to hit targets without needing a Predator or UCAV already in the area.

By: Robot Economist

Robot Economist — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:58:03 +0000

While hypersonic engines is definitely an area that could afford more research dollars, the justification for RATTLRS seems dubious. 550 mph isn’t fast enough to catch a terrorist convoy? Since when do terrorists own rocket cars or jets?
Seems like the Navy is bent on chasing the phantom threats used to justify Rumsfeld’s “Prompt Global Strike” scenario. Wouldn’t it be cheaper and more effective for them to pour some money directly into applied research on hypersonics while putting the rest into a UCAV demonstrator? UCAV’s are most effective at subsonic speeds, which allow them to loiter over or near target areas.
I am really worried that the Rumsfeld/Andy Marshall view of the military’s future (lots of fast, long-range, rapid-reaction weapons platforms) will hurt its effectiveness. Over emphasizing long-range technology underplays how critical the human element of warfighting really is. I’m afraid people are thinking we can return to the “American Way of War” in the 1990s with just the right technology.
I’m also pretty dubious of the cost estimates I’ve seen on some of these pieces of kit. As much as the DOD would like to see the last few years of budget increases as permanent, I think they will be in for a big surprise around 2008–2010.