| ▲ | mr_toad 12 hours ago | |
Tridents can reach mach 19. Orbital velocity is more like mach 100. Not that the UK manufactures trident missiles anyway. | ||
| ▲ | kuschku 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
You don't need orbital velocity to blow satellites away. Just do a well-timed suborbital launch against the satellite's orbit, and the satellite will provide most of the kinetic energy. | ||
| ▲ | eeL3bo1mohn7pee 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
27720km/h orbital velocity is Mach 22.4 at a sea level speed of sound | ||
| ▲ | adastra22 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Orbital velocity is nowhere near mach 100. | ||
| ▲ | blibble 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
if only you could put some sort of explosive charge on the top | ||