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To: DownInFlames

Nope. Air resistance will prevent that.


40 posted on 04/11/2014 8:00:37 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Nope. Air resistance will prevent that.

Half the atmosphere is below 10,000 ft. The projectile will reache that in about 2 seconds, 5 seconds later there will be very little air at all. It will then sail along in suborbital trajectory until it reenters the atmosphere and starts homing on its target for the last 5-7 seconds of flight.

56 posted on 04/11/2014 11:43:35 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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