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And the maneuverability - if you just adjust the course slightly ten seconds before impact, at these speeds, that’s a big difference. Ballistic mostly just fall
by nautilius 5y ago
And the maneuverability - if you just adjust the course slightly ten seconds before impact, at these speeds, that’s a big difference. Ballistic mostly just falls down, i.e. you know what it will hit when you observe the launch (somewhat simplified).
- fnord77 5y agoMissiles since the 80s or so don't just fall down. The discontinued Pershing MARV could perform 25G maneuvers/corrections and was radar guided and had terrain mapping.
- nautilius 5y agoWell yeah, hence "(somewhat simplified)". One is a lifting body that control its flight path and can decide whether to strike or to just keep flying for another 1000 miles, the other can slightly adjust its falling down path and wobble enough to hopefully confuse countermeasures.