This sounds like a satellite that can use ku-band in communications.
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/luch5a.html
Unnecessary when the plasma shield can only cover 1 GHz.
Yes scramjets and nuclear propulsion was thought impractical but yet they are now being fielded instead of when they were 1st introduced before. Missiles are not that wide bodied like wing span related to be completely covered just look at the diameter of a missile compared to the fuselage and wings. It would sound pretty inconvenient for example sticking generators on wide wings.
Scramjet are not thought to be impractical, and they were tested.
No plasma generator was ever tested on any missile or aircraft, no stealth plasma generator was ever put in production despite 55 years since it was introduced. The idea is laughing stock at this point.
The zircon has that flat faced sled appearance compared to a round nozzle appearance a missile usually has probably aerodynamically designed to deal with air density whole lot better. For what reason do you think that scramjets have the capabilities to fly at lower altitudes than a ballistic missile? Your showing me more drag for air density while a scramjet is designed specifically to fly at low altitudes than compared to a ballistic missile.
It doesn't matter what shape Zircon has, the drag it has to face at an altitude of 1 km is always 64 times bigger than the drag it has to face at altitude of 30 km. That will impact the top speed. Ballistic missile can have very high speed because once they are propelled outside the atmosphere there isn't any drag on them. Ballistic missile can't fly at low altitude because once the motor burn out, there isn't anything to sustain their speed to counter the tremendous drag force. Scramjet missile can fly at lower altitude than ballistic missile because it has an engine. But that doesn't mean scramjet missile can have the same speed at any altitude. Except for radio wave and light, anything inside atmosphere will have their top speed limited by air friction-drag, that including scramjet missile
