Logistics of shooting ICBMs

If an ICMB is launched, wouldn't the country launching it have to first contact the countries the missile flies over? Otherwise, the countries in between the actual target would just shoot it down, right?

But then again, advance notice of such a thing could be intercepted by the target, risking failure.

I am aware that in some cases like the U.S. or U.K., the ICBM wouldn't be shot from the home country but from the base of an ally that's much closer. Still, is there something in place to make sure neighboring countries don't shoot down your ICBM?

@vivify said
If an ICMB is launched, wouldn't the country launching it have to first contact the countries the missile flies over? Otherwise, the countries in between the actual target would just shoot it down, right?

But then again, advance notice of such a thing could be intercepted by the target, risking failure.

I am aware that in some cases like the U.S. or U.K., the ICBM w ...[text shortened]... . Still, is there something in place to make sure neighboring countries don't shoot down your ICBM?

@Suzianne said
I would think, since ICBMs are ballistic, that their target can be calculated by their trajectory. A minute or less on radar or satillite would tell everyone where that missile would hit.

@vivify said
If an ICMB is launched, wouldn't the country launching it have to first contact the countries the missile flies over? Otherwise, the countries in between the actual target would just shoot it down, right?

But then again, advance notice of such a thing could be intercepted by the target, risking failure.

I am aware that in some cases like the U.S. or U.K., the ICBM w ...[text shortened]... . Still, is there something in place to make sure neighboring countries don't shoot down your ICBM?

The missile can be shot down. The problem for the target is MIRVs - basically decoy warheads to divert the interceptor missiles.

@Earl-of-Trumps said
Vivify, come on.

I don't think anyone can shoot down an en route ICBM doing mach 24 (15000 mph) with the possible
exception of the United States, which is in the process of constructing the so-called Golden Dome.

Most nations - if not ALL, will never know that such a missile flew overhead.

@Suzianne said
Don't sit there and poo-poo other nations' capabilities. Most ICBMs can hit Mach 23, and even at that speed, they are vulnerable to ABM systems. Nations with ABM capability include the United States, Russia, India, France, Israel, and China. (And I refuse to acknowledge your advertisement for Trump's imagined "Golden Dome".) And any nation with satellite detection, groun ...[text shortened]... don't even know what an ICBM even is. The US is not nearly as 'special' as you seem to think it is.

@vivify said
If an ICMB is launched, wouldn't the country launching it have to first contact the countries the missile flies over? Otherwise, the countries in between the actual target would just shoot it down, right?

But then again, advance notice of such a thing could be intercepted by the target, risking failure.

I am aware that in some cases like the U.S. or U.K., the ICBM w ...[text shortened]... . Still, is there something in place to make sure neighboring countries don't shoot down your ICBM?

@Mott-The-Hoople said
"The US is not nearly as 'special' as you seem to think it is."

Fukin brainwashed traitor!

@Mott-The-Hoople said
"The US is not nearly as 'special' as you seem to think it is."

Fukin brainwashed traitor!

@Mott-The-Hoople said
research the word ballistic...

and you fools vote

@Earl-of-Trumps said
Vivify, come on.

I don't think anyone can shoot down an en route ICBM doing mach 24 (15000 mph) with the possible
exception of the United States, which is in the process of constructing the so-called Golden Dome.

Most nations - if not ALL, will never know that such a missile flew overhead.

@Ponderable said
"ballistic" means that the rocket is accelerated heavily at the start and then flies it's course. So after the shutdown of the boosters the course can be computed using ohysics one learns at school (at least in Germany).

So Suzie was very correct.

How would you define "ballistic" and what is the basis of your claim?

@Ponderable said
Of course at the termination of the bruning phase the "Mach 23" can be reached (there are different rockets as you most proably know with very different sepcifications), but then velocity goes down. Do no need to try to hit at maximum velocity. So when the rocket comes in with about "Mach 13" a freshly start rocket can be much faster.

@Mott-The-Hoople said
😂 I don’t have a definition, you don’t have a definition. There is “A” definition.

ICBMs are launched into the atmosphere, can circle the globe if need be (unpowered). The high speeds are reached on re-entry.