Text 20510, 46 rader
Skriven 2008-09-07 11:39:59 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 20411 av Dan Ceppa (1:138/666.0)
Ärende: Russia attacking Poland
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31 Aug 08 20:00, Dan Ceppa wrote to Roy Witt:

 DC>> So what.  That doesn't mean that the Scud cannot get into outer
 DC>> space does it.  What may or may not happen to it on re-entry was
 DC>> never part of this discussion was it.

 RW>> Oh, but it was and has everything to do with the survival of the
 RW>> missle. Your theory just got blown out of the 'sky', so to speak.

 DC> Hell, the chances of a Patriot missile knockmg out a Scud are better
 DC> than the likelihood you destroyed my statement.

"How high missiles fly determines how fast they come down onto their
targets. The speed at which they come down is important because the
greater the speed the more difficult it is for ground-based defenses to do
their job.

A warhead's maximum speed just before reentry is a natural consequence of
the range of the missile on which it was launched. The longer the range,
the higher the missile must climb to reach it. The higher it climbs, the
more time it takes for it to fall to the ground. And the longer time it
takes, the more time that gravity has to make it go faster.

Since gravity accelerates the warhead downward at 10 meters per second,
and an intercontinental missile may be falling from an altitude of 1200 to
1600 kilometers, it may attain a speed of between 6 and 8 kilometers per
second before it hits the atmosphere.

For the same reason, a short-range missile like the Iraqi version of the
Scud used in the Gulf War of 1991 reaches only heights of some 160
kilometers and hence arrives at a speed of less than 2 km per second."

Need more proof of your errors?

 DC> Like a good right winger. you divert from topic to build a strawman
 DC> to demolish.  And, on cue, you are claiming victory.

Like a good little liberal you jump all around and take pot shots at your
opponent, even though you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

                R\%/itt



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