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To: SamAdams76

“We could put a cruise missile down that shaft in about 9.2 seconds”

Could and would are two entirely different things. And it would take a good deal longer than 9.2 seconds as cruise missiles are sub-sonic critters.

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43 posted on 01/24/2015 9:42:17 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Lurker
And it would take a good deal longer than 9.2 seconds as cruise missiles are sub-sonic critters.

For a Mach 10 kinetic energy weapon delivered from orbit the time enroute is not too far off.

56 posted on 01/24/2015 3:22:27 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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