To: ASA Vet
High explosive going off that close to something well cause some damage.
To: riverrunner
High explosive going off that close to something well cause some damage. The missile was unarmed. The damage was from the shower of solid propellant that exploded. There's no "mechanism" in engine of a solid fuel rocket (just propellant, burn chamber, and nozzle), so there's actually very little that can go wrong with them. Pretty much the only way they explode is if something blocks the nozzle.
7 posted on
07/23/2015 4:59:19 AM PDT by
The_Victor
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To: riverrunner
Seems that would occur during the explosion not AFTER.
9 posted on
07/23/2015 5:10:50 AM PDT by
ASA Vet
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To: riverrunner
High explosive going off that close to something well cause some damage.The article states there was no warhead on the missile. The fire and explosion must have been caused by the fuel.
10 posted on
07/23/2015 5:14:55 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
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To: riverrunner
Warhead didn’t explode. Rocket propellant did.
12 posted on
07/23/2015 5:17:32 AM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
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To: riverrunner
17 posted on
07/23/2015 5:31:12 AM PDT by
mad_as_he$$
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