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Is the big advantage of these is that they accelerate to these speeds quickly? Classic ICBM's are still faster on re-entry so these speeds aren't new but are sl
by tomatotomato37 7y ago
Is the big advantage of these is that they accelerate to these speeds quickly? Classic ICBM's are still faster on re-entry so these speeds aren't new but are slow and obvious on launch; if these things don't take a half-hour accelerating than they could prove revolutionary; however what I'm reading so far these still need to be accelerated by a conventional ICBM or aircraft, which means they are vulnerable to anything that can detect their launch vehicle meandering to launch speeds
- K0balt 7y agoMach 10 in a few seconds. They accelerate at around 100g's So, preternaturally fast.. It's a little scary just to watch on video.
- credit_guy 7y ago> if these things don't take a half-hour accelerating Ahem, a Trident II missile accelerates to 6km/s in less than 2 min, that’s more than 50g, see [1] “When the third-stage motor fires, within two minutes of launch, the missile is traveling faster than 20,000 ft/s (6,000 m/s), or 13,600 mph (21,600 km/h) Mach 18.” [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(missile)#Trident_II_(D5)_UGM-133A https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(missile)#Trident_II...