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Old 02-01-2006, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim Anderson
We already have a maneuvering interceptor, and a way to tell the difference between a balloon and a warhead, but don't tell them that.
Lemme see, the warheads travel at around 10,000 mph. An AK 47 or M-16 bullet goes about 2,200. Can you imagine the physics involved in changing course at that speed? I mean changing course would not be impossible, but to do so accurately enough to hit something that small, going that fast, in the vast reaches of space boggles the imagination.

Maybe that's why the successful tests they've carried out so far all had a homing beacon on the target warhead. Or so I've read -- I wasn't there.
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