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To: MeanWestTexan

Terminal velocity must be pretty ding-dang fast!


21 posted on 06/17/2025 4:27:14 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey

200 feet of stone is tough.

Note I said 200. Fordam is 300 feet.

You still have to hit the same hole twice.


22 posted on 06/17/2025 4:28:43 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: one guy in new jersey
Terminal velocity must be pretty ding-dang fast!

Kinetic energy is the key to its success. The GBU-57 is so darned big because of the depth it must penetrate to allow a conventional explosive to damage the target.

While Ground Coupling works with conventional as well as nuclear it just isn't as great as the nukes, thus getting it deeper is a must.

84 posted on 06/17/2025 9:44:31 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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