If the Nuclear Warheads Fly towards HeyHomie's home.

[ParentalAdvisory]

Would we know it? I don’t know how advanced our missle detection systems are, but how would the systems in place know the difference between a nuclear missle, and a really fast Cessna 172?

[Tuckerfan]

Well, assuming the NKs use a route over the poles for their missiles, we can “thank” the D.E.W. Line in Canada for enough warning to be able to track down that hot neighbor and say, “Let’s get a nut before it hits!” (With apologies to Richard Pryor.)

[Reeder]

@Tuckerfan

Well, assuming the NKs use a route over the poles for their missiles, we can “thank” the D.E.W. Line in Canada for enough warning to be able to track down that hot neighbor and say, “Let’s get a nut before it hits!” (With apologies to Richard Pryor.)

Just a bit of a nitpick…The DEW line has been replaced with NWS

[butler1850]

@ParentalAdvisory

Would we know it? I don’t know how advanced our missle detection systems are, but how would the systems in place know the difference between a nuclear missle, and a really fast Cessna 172?

Nuclear Missile - altitude over N. Pole = Sub orbital, speed = huge Mach numbers.
Cessna 172 - <WAG> 20K feet is REALLY high in altitude for this plane (Unpresurized, etc), and speed < 500MPH

would be a pretty easy thing to see the difference between on the above mentioned radar systems.