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I do wonder what happens if the missile runs out of memory It just drops?
by tester756 4y ago
I do wonder what happens if the missile runs out of memory
It just drops?
- rootsudo 4y agoThere's a star trek episode about such a thing, https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warhead_(episode) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warhead_(episode) Apparently it will "hijack" more memory and attempt to reconstruct it's orders. But, real world, I would say that data corruption would occur and outside of chemical/physics, it will just drop and lockup. May have a failsafe to detonate, but that is a fun question indeed.
- michaelmrose 4y agoPresumably undefined unless specifically designed to fail safe but a logical thought would be it keeps burning at present trajectory until it falls and blows up at end of trajectory if device uses an impact fuse. I would be very interested in a more precise answer if you can find one. https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/why-do-some-missiles-explode-before-actually-hitting-the-target.html https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/why-do-some-missiles-e...