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To: dangerdoc

The story I saw in NBC Monday night showed the explosive power of a 20 pound warhead fired at Mach 7. The engineer gloated this could hit an object 2,000 miles away w a velocity of 5,400mph and proper elevation.

Just sayn


26 posted on 04/11/2014 6:14:13 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: DownInFlames

I don’t have the math mojo to make the calculations anymore, but that seems rather optimistic, but I can’t prove it wrong.


31 posted on 04/11/2014 6:29:06 AM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: DownInFlames
The engineer gloated this could hit an object 2,000 miles

I'm not a rocket scientest but doesn't the curvature of the Earth come in at some point?

35 posted on 04/11/2014 6:41:04 AM PDT by McGruff
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