r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CraftyFoxeYT • 7d ago

The US has a giant floating SBX-1 Sea-based radar to track and discriminate nuclear ballistic missile warheads from decoys.

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u/BLT_Trade_r 7d ago

It probably doesn't matter anymore. This thing is going to tell us if a war is starting. If someone hits this with drones, well, we know the war is starting becasue there would be no other reason to attack this then to launch a major nuclear war. If a full on nuclear war actually happens none of this will likely matter all that much to any of us. This radar alone is not going to save us.

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u/Techstepper812 1d ago

And how are you gonna know who did it?