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Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

McNally posted:

"The Russian Ministry of Defense is pleased to report that a new flight mode to engage close-in targets with long-range missiles was tested successfully."

They saw that SM-6 can target surface ships and wanted to one-up that with an anti-submarine mode.

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Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless
Don't go smearing that poo poo on our good wholesome dirt.

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

Handsome Ralph posted:

Wouldn't that massively destabilize the RPG round?

No they're evenly spaced so it's balanced.

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

Arcella posted:

Do not point the Carl Gustav at anything you are not willing to destroy.

Apparently you shouldn't point it away from anything you're not willing to destroy either.

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

Platystemon posted:

The debris from the missile and interceptor are suborbital, but if an orbital satellite is struck by that debris, that suddenly creates a whole lot of orbital debris.

You're talking about a window of like, a few minutes. You might as well be worried that the warhead itself is going to hit a satellite.

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