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presumably the UK could figure out how to remove the top of a trident missile and replace it with a load of ball bearings
by blibble 8mo ago
presumably the UK could figure out how to remove the top of a trident missile and replace it with a load of ball bearings
- mr_toad 8mo agoTridents can reach mach 19. Orbital velocity is more like mach 100. Not that the UK manufactures trident missiles anyway.
- blibble 8mo agoif only you could put some sort of explosive charge on the top
- eeL3bo1mohn7pee 8mo ago27720km/h orbital velocity is Mach 22.4 at a sea level speed of sound
- adastra22 8mo agoOrbital velocity is nowhere near mach 100.
- kuschku 8mo agoYou don't need orbital velocity to blow satellites away. Just do a well-timed suborbital launch against the satellite's orbit, and the satellite will provide most of the kinetic energy.