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Here's a 6 minute video explaining the sprint missile for those unaware and interested (rather fascinating technology for the 70s) https://www.youtube.com/watch

Here's a 6 minute video explaining the sprint missile for those unaware and interested (rather fascinating technology for the 70s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dl9Ovwmnxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dl9Ovwmnxw

adriand 5y ago
Very fascinating and some truly stunning footage. What I can’t help thinking about viewing this marvel of technology is what humanity might have achieved if the prodigious efforts and staggering sums that went into the Cold War arms race went into making the world a better place…really, as amazing as this is, it was ultimately a tremendous waste.
- avalys 5y ago
  They did make the world a better place, winning the Cold War dealt a huge blow to totalitarian communist ideology everywhere and many free societies replaced the old Soviet States.
  - eschaton 5y ago
    Just look at what the fall of the USSR did for life expectancies there!
    - baybal2 5y ago
      It actually went, as it was found that union's demographic statistics was all forged perpetually since Stalin
      - TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
        Forged statistics or not, at least there are not millions being starved to death, sent to gulags, or relocated against their will.
    - madengr 5y ago
      Well I’d rather die from smoking or drinking than in a gulag.
  - madengr 5y ago
    This is HN, thus saying anything critical of socialism, Marxism, or communism will get you downvoted or banned (by someone with a 6 figure salary smacking their thumbs on the latest gadget).
- 737min 5y ago
  Avoiding war is never a waste and overall technological progress was faster during the Cold War..
jcims 5y ago
That's honestly why I clicked on the article, it's actually an ABM (anti-ballistic missle) For those that need a little teaser to be incentivized to click on the YouTube link, here's the title of the video 'Super Pointy Sprint Missile - 0 to Mach 10 in 15 Seconds - 100Gs & 6000°F' If you have any interest in aerospace at all and have never heard of the Sprint, take a gander, it's a spectacular edge case in engineering.
jvilalta 5y ago
"it glows white as it flies". Wow.
zerocount 5y ago
It'd be a great video if not for the robot narration voice. I wish people would just read it themselves. I couldn't watch it with that voice talking.
- dtgriscom 5y ago
  I believe it's actually a person who doesn't believe in intonation.
robocat 5y ago
Skip first two minutes. After that has a good mixture of technical and political limitations.

adriand 5y ago

Very fascinating and some truly stunning footage. What I can’t help thinking about viewing this marvel of technology is what humanity might have achieved if the prodigious efforts and staggering sums that went into the Cold War arms race went into making the world a better place…really, as amazing as this is, it was ultimately a tremendous waste.

avalys 5y ago
They did make the world a better place, winning the Cold War dealt a huge blow to totalitarian communist ideology everywhere and many free societies replaced the old Soviet States.
- eschaton 5y ago
  Just look at what the fall of the USSR did for life expectancies there!
  - baybal2 5y ago
    It actually went, as it was found that union's demographic statistics was all forged perpetually since Stalin
    - TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
      Forged statistics or not, at least there are not millions being starved to death, sent to gulags, or relocated against their will.
  - madengr 5y ago
    Well I’d rather die from smoking or drinking than in a gulag.
- madengr 5y ago
  This is HN, thus saying anything critical of socialism, Marxism, or communism will get you downvoted or banned (by someone with a 6 figure salary smacking their thumbs on the latest gadget).
737min 5y ago
Avoiding war is never a waste and overall technological progress was faster during the Cold War..

jcims 5y ago

That's honestly why I clicked on the article, it's actually an ABM (anti-ballistic missle) For those that need a little teaser to be incentivized to click on the YouTube link, here's the title of the video 'Super Pointy Sprint Missile - 0 to Mach 10 in 15 Seconds - 100Gs & 6000°F' If you have any interest in aerospace at all and have never heard of the Sprint, take a gander, it's a spectacular edge case in engineering.

jvilalta 5y ago

"it glows white as it flies". Wow.

zerocount 5y ago

It'd be a great video if not for the robot narration voice. I wish people would just read it themselves. I couldn't watch it with that voice talking.

dtgriscom 5y ago
I believe it's actually a person who doesn't believe in intonation.

robocat 5y ago

Skip first two minutes. After that has a good mixture of technical and political limitations.