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i wonder about his statement that not a thing in the sky would survive at hit. from the video of it punching through the reinforced concrete walls, it seem that
by harywilke 13y ago
i wonder about his statement that not a thing in the sky would survive at hit. from the video of it punching through the reinforced concrete walls, it seem that there is very little damage to the wall besides the obvious hole. sort of like the shaolin monk throwing a needle through glass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_97D0hLBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_97D0hLBc
but i'd guess this is more a question of what kind of target they are shooting at. they present incoming missiles (small and mobile) and something over 100 miles away (big and stationary?).
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoTargeting is certainly important and remains to be seen if they're up to it. But Mach 7 means you only have to get a fix on it, and a rough estimate of its speed; the missile will arrive in milliseconds and the target won't have moved very far. But is there anything in the air that has enough extra parts that it can survive a 10-inch hole through and through, and destruction of everything in between? Certainly not any missile.
- arethuza 13y agoMach 7 is 5328mph 100 miles at 5328mph is going to take ~1 minute
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoAnd 1 mile is going to take 1.5 seconds. So yeah not milliseconds, but fast.
- arethuza 13y agoAn ICBM RV in reentry phase (15K miles an hour) or a Sprint ABM (0 to Mach 10 in 5 seconds) now those are fast.