Slightly OT: What Would a U.S. vs. Russia War Look Like Today?

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Raellus

I would be very surprised if actual conventional payloads for ICBMs exist in any significant numbers at all. I doubt it.

Over the last decade there was a lot of discussion of just these types of warheads.

https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL33067.pdf

Yes targeting them at a foe with ICBMs would be stupid, but I think they were expected to be a counter for those with MRBMs at best (DPRK and Iran). Hoping to catch one of their lower tech missiles while being fueled for example.

edit added wiki link.
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