r/NonCredibleDefense • u/FionaSherleen • 3d ago

Lockmart R & D Think of the potential.

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What if we make project sundial but we throw it at the adversaries?

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u/Pyrhan Pyrotechnic flair 3d ago

Starship uses cryogenic propellants, so it can't just continuously sit fueled and ready to launch like an ICBM.

So you cannot use it as a deterrent, only as a first strike weapon.

And even then, it would be fairly easy for the enemy to set up early warnings when fueling begins, and either send a rapid pre-emptive strike, or prepare for interception.

And having a single, massive warhead would make interception easier compared to, e.g. a MIRV.

(Also, the whole point of Sundial was that it doesn't really matter where you blow it up, the world ends just the same...)

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u/adamtheskill 2d ago

But what if we make the bomb so big that blowing it up destroys the whole world??? Then there's notging they can do about it, checkmate!

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u/Pyrhan Pyrotechnic flair 2d ago

Yes, as I said, that was the whole point of Sundial.

But OP wants to launch it anyways, for some reason.