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Meteorite crash in Russia: explosions in Chelyabinsk [video]

ck2 14y ago
There is a much better video where you can see it skipping across the atmosphere before plunging in like a rock across a lake. And the four minute delay of the boom from the atmosphere to the surface is super scary considering how much energy it had. There's another video with it head-on and that must be what being hit by an icbm looks like, at least for the first millisecond. Try some of the videos here: http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/18kado/ufo_meteorite_plane_or_rocket_explodes_in_the_sky/ http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/18kado/ufo_meteorite...
- cynwoody 14y ago
  More videos here, annotated: http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place
- cynwoody 14y ago
  > with it head-on and that must be what being hit by an icbm looks like I strongly doubt this is anything but a natural phenomenon. Actually, what's most remarkable is the number of video cams which have surfaced having recorded some aspect of the event. It's amazing there was enough time to have noticed something unusual, deployed one's camera, and recorded the arrival of the shock wave, the broken windows, car alarms, and barking dogs. And then uploaded it to YouTube. Also, the number of dash cams that recorded the entry and flash, accompanied by techno music. What is it with Russians and dash cams?
  - po 14y ago
    What is it with Russians and dash cams? They use them to protect themselves from insurance fraud which is a bit of a problem there.
    - zalew 14y ago
      yep. videos and thread here http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/11c0dd/why_russia_has_so_many_dash_cams/ http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/11c0dd/why_russia_ha...
- cynwoody 14y ago
  > what being hit by an icbm looks like Here's what a MIRV attack looks like (with dummy warheads): http://www.osborneink.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MIRV.png http://www.osborneink.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MIRV.pn... With a meteor, the energy is all kinetic. With an ICBM, the kinetic energy is incidental to the delivery method. The payload energy is all nuclear.
  - ck2 14y ago
    Well that's positively terrifying.
  - dhimes 14y ago
    Why are the trajectories straight?
    - cynwoody 14y ago
      That's what struck me about the MIRV test photo the first time I saw it. Of course, the apparent straight lines are really just the far ends of very flat parabolic curves. Unlike meteors, MIRV warheads are designed to make it to the ground (or the intended airburst location) undamaged and with a 50% probability of coming down within 100m of the target. Once released, the warheads have no maneuvering capability and follow ballistic trajectories, minimally distorted by the rapidly thickening atmosphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetab... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-V6MZlyCqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-V6MZlyCqE (Animated depiction of MIRV flight)
      - dhimes 14y ago
        Thank you for those links. The things are coming in damn fast.
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ck2 14y ago

There is a much better video where you can see it skipping across the atmosphere before plunging in like a rock across a lake. And the four minute delay of the boom from the atmosphere to the surface is super scary considering how much energy it had. There's another video with it head-on and that must be what being hit by an icbm looks like, at least for the first millisecond. Try some of the videos here: http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/18kado/ufo_meteorite_plane_or_rocket_explodes_in_the_sky/ http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/18kado/ufo_meteorite...

cynwoody 14y ago
More videos here, annotated: http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place
cynwoody 14y ago
> with it head-on and that must be what being hit by an icbm looks like I strongly doubt this is anything but a natural phenomenon. Actually, what's most remarkable is the number of video cams which have surfaced having recorded some aspect of the event. It's amazing there was enough time to have noticed something unusual, deployed one's camera, and recorded the arrival of the shock wave, the broken windows, car alarms, and barking dogs. And then uploaded it to YouTube. Also, the number of dash cams that recorded the entry and flash, accompanied by techno music. What is it with Russians and dash cams?
- po 14y ago
  What is it with Russians and dash cams? They use them to protect themselves from insurance fraud which is a bit of a problem there.
  - zalew 14y ago
    yep. videos and thread here http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/11c0dd/why_russia_has_so_many_dash_cams/ http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/11c0dd/why_russia_ha...
cynwoody 14y ago
> what being hit by an icbm looks like Here's what a MIRV attack looks like (with dummy warheads): http://www.osborneink.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MIRV.png http://www.osborneink.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MIRV.pn... With a meteor, the energy is all kinetic. With an ICBM, the kinetic energy is incidental to the delivery method. The payload energy is all nuclear.
- ck2 14y ago
  Well that's positively terrifying.
- dhimes 14y ago
  Why are the trajectories straight?
  - cynwoody 14y ago
    That's what struck me about the MIRV test photo the first time I saw it. Of course, the apparent straight lines are really just the far ends of very flat parabolic curves. Unlike meteors, MIRV warheads are designed to make it to the ground (or the intended airburst location) undamaged and with a 50% probability of coming down within 100m of the target. Once released, the warheads have no maneuvering capability and follow ballistic trajectories, minimally distorted by the rapidly thickening atmosphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetab... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-V6MZlyCqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-V6MZlyCqE (Animated depiction of MIRV flight)
    - dhimes 14y ago
      Thank you for those links. The things are coming in damn fast.

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