To: ansel12
just checking....because the sonic boom caused most of the damage, as I understand but I couldn't imagine a boom knocking down walls.
On the other hand, those Russky building inspectors are pretty lax :)
10 posted on
02/17/2013 3:56:06 AM PST by
chiller
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To: chiller
Interesting question. Now I wonder if damage from a sonic boom can be measured
by the size of the object. Size does matter dont-cha-know.
11 posted on
02/17/2013 4:28:15 AM PST by
MaxMax
To: chiller
“...I couldn’t imagine a boom knocking down walls....”
That one factory bldg (in one pic I saw) really suffered some upper-level damage. The pic stunned me; looked like it took a direct hit. Guess those spanning beams bent and collapsed like spaghetti.
12 posted on
02/17/2013 4:47:20 AM PST by
Carriage Hill
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To: chiller
It was not the sonic boom. It was the explosion of the mass caused by entry into the atmosphere
To: chiller
I couldn't imagine a boom knocking down walls.
The exothermic front from a detonation is supersonic, and would probably be considered a 'sonic boom'.
24 posted on
02/17/2013 7:28:16 AM PST by
jmcenanly
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