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		lumost on May 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hypersonic missiles are misunderstood No need to mass produce the nukes, dummy payloads will do just fine. A single ICBM could deploy dozens-hundreds of credible looking warheads. These are inherently cheap relative to building independent missile interceptors.

throwanem on May 25, 2023 [–]

They already do this. Those are part of what's called "penetration aids".

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