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Title: 4 Nuke (and whoever else likes this ;) )
Post by: jr2 on December 29, 2007, 03:53:45 am: Nuke! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peacekeeper-missile-testing.jpg) (desktop wallpaper)

(http://i5.tinypic.com/7wt5jy0.jpg)
Title: Re: 4 Nuke (and whoever else likes this ;) )
Post by: Mefustae on December 29, 2007, 08:40:21 am: What, you've never seen a MIRVed missile test? Why exactly did this require an entire thread? And why didn't you display the image here?
Title: Re: 4 Nuke (and whoever else likes this ;) )
Post by: Koth on December 29, 2007, 09:08:41 am: This picture would be a lot more awesome if this were live Warheads.
Title: Re: 4 Nuke (and whoever else likes this ;) )
Post by: jr2 on December 29, 2007, 09:22:45 am: Quote from: Mefustae on December 29, 2007, 08:40:21 am
What, you've never seen a MIRVed missile test? Why exactly did this require an entire thread? And why didn't you display the image here?

Hmm... I'll PM it to you, maybe you can tell me.

EDIT: hmm, eh, I suppose I could lvlshot it..
Title: Re: 4 Nuke (and whoever else likes this ;) )
Post by: Nuke on December 29, 2007, 01:24:51 pm: yes, i would require live warheads.
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Post by: jr2 on December 29, 2007, 02:47:18 pm: :rolleyes: T-0.05 seconds... it would look the same. XD
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Post by: IceFire on December 29, 2007, 10:48:25 pm: Thats a MIRV missile test? Thats a bit chilling...woa.
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Post by: Rand al Thor on January 03, 2008, 07:51:01 am: What are the light beams exactly? Targetting lasers, or are they just the projected warhead path?
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Post by: Koth on January 03, 2008, 08:09:30 am: That are the trails left behind by the incoming dummy warheads.
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Post by: Nuke on January 03, 2008, 06:16:37 pm: anything coming out of space at that angle is gonna smoke
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Post by: Rand al Thor on January 04, 2008, 08:15:57 pm: That shot is right after target impact then? I ask because the trails seem amazingly coherent and undisturbed.
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Post by: Nuke on January 04, 2008, 09:33:19 pm: dont mirv warheds airburst? they should go off at a couple thousand feet.
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Post by: Mefustae on January 04, 2008, 10:03:27 pm: Quote from: Nuke on January 04, 2008, 09:33:19 pm
dont mirv warheds airburst? they should go off at a couple thousand feet.
This was only a test. It's probable that this was merely a separation test, rather than trajectory or airburst test, given the proximity of the warheads upon nearing ground level. Normally, a MIRVed warhead would split in the high atmosphere and separate over a very large area, like hitting a dozen cities along a given seaboard for example.
Title: Re: 4 Nuke (and whoever else likes this ;) )
Post by: Nuke on January 05, 2008, 05:39:51 am: separation probably occurs in space. using explosive bolts to separate it and then a small booster to alter its flight path to intersect its target.
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Post by: Mefustae on January 05, 2008, 07:04:07 am: Upper atmo, space... potato, potahto.
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Post by: Janos on January 05, 2008, 08:17:07 am: Quote from: Nuke on January 04, 2008, 09:33:19 pm
dont mirv warheds airburst? they should go off at a couple thousand feet.

They can airburst, or then again, they might not, because it's programmable, and sometimes warheads only detonate on impact.
Title: Re: 4 Nuke (and whoever else likes this ;) )
Post by: Col. Fishguts on January 05, 2008, 08:25:25 am: Image caption from Wikipedia:

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This is a time-lapse photo showing the paths of the multiple re-entry vehicles deployed by the missle. One Peacekeeper can hold up to 10 nuclear warheads, each independently targeted. Were the warheads armed with a nuclear payload, each would carry with it the explosive power of twenty-five Hiroshima-sized weapons.

Note bold text.