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Aren’t all missiles hypersonic?


19 posted on 11/23/2021 11:23:06 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (a cloud has fallen over the lands of the free )
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To: Peter ODonnell

but this is double plus gooder hypersonic. Reminds me of Tsar Bomba silliness.


21 posted on 11/23/2021 11:25:36 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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Supersonic, anyway. I think Mach 5 plus gets you the “hyper” label.


37 posted on 11/24/2021 1:10:00 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Some of mine did spherical flights, where only the debris made it to mach one. ;-D


85 posted on 11/24/2021 7:02:45 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Peter ODonnell
Most of anti-tank or anti-ship missiles are subsonic, the air to air missiles are supersonic but usually up to Mach 3-4, the “hypersonic” generally refers to those making over Mach 5.
117 posted on 11/25/2021 8:12:26 AM PST by Grzegorz 246
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