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6/22/2025, 7:13:45 AM
>>63874554
>>mach 14
>That's so slow though. A ballistic weapon is more like mach 28-30.
Except that not all ballistic missiles can reach that speed only ICBMs due to their high apogee. The experiment that the Chinese conducted was most likely dropped from the altitude closer to the apogee of MRBMs, which explains their Mach speed and effect on target were so similar (except that the rod carried no explosive payload). Even from the crater dimensions described on the paper seem to match up with the effects of MRBM used by Iran against Israel right now.
So the question right now is wether the cost of sending these rods into orbit is cheaper than making a similar MRBM or ICBM with conventional warheads.
>>mach 14
>That's so slow though. A ballistic weapon is more like mach 28-30.
Except that not all ballistic missiles can reach that speed only ICBMs due to their high apogee. The experiment that the Chinese conducted was most likely dropped from the altitude closer to the apogee of MRBMs, which explains their Mach speed and effect on target were so similar (except that the rod carried no explosive payload). Even from the crater dimensions described on the paper seem to match up with the effects of MRBM used by Iran against Israel right now.
So the question right now is wether the cost of sending these rods into orbit is cheaper than making a similar MRBM or ICBM with conventional warheads.
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