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To: Gondring

Mach 5 refers to 5 times the speed of sound.


21 posted on 09/29/2008 8:32:57 PM PDT by B4Ranch (I'd rather have a VP that can gut a Moose, than a President that wants to gut our Second Amendment!)
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To: B4Ranch
Mach 5 refers to 5 times the speed of sound.

Yes...which is FAR slower than a particle beam or maser/laser weapon. Speed helps a missile evade interception, but DEWs remove that advantage except for targeting considerations.

41 posted on 09/29/2008 8:57:11 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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