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Japan focused on solid fuels because they needed to build rockets that were impractical enough to not be usable as ICBMs. They had to do crazy things like laun
by idontwantthis 4y ago
Japan focused on solid fuels because they needed to build rockets that were impractical enough to not be usable as ICBMs.
They had to do crazy things like launch them sideways.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoThis comment makes no sense. Missile and rockets both go sideways. Modern missiles all use solid fuel. Japan's solid fuel rockets are build by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which uses the same fuel and manufacturing expertise to also manufacture missiles.
- idontwantthis 4y agohttps://youtu.be/UZaIs6oSlOI https://youtu.be/UZaIs6oSlOI - By sideways I mean slanted on launch because they had no guidance system.