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Hypersonic Missile Inbound!!! (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by Crass_Spektakel@lemmy.world to c/noncredibledefense@lemmy.world
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All targeting solutions for sublight speed are computable.

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[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 11 months ago

hypersonic during launch phase only, at the target it's more like Mach 3.5 if we're talking about Kinzhals downed by Patriot some months ago

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

TIL hypersonic is genuinely a distinct word from supersonic.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago

It's usually over mach 5, but originally it was used to refer to when you start needing to deal with heating up the air.

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

Also around the point where jet engines kinda just stop working right.

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