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In response to "Hardly. Exploding cars may be a design flaw, but exploding missiles is Mission Accomplished. -- nm" by Beryllium

it's not your own missiles that are supposed to explode. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jan 12 '10, 10:03

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Of course they are. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 12, 10:05
I'm quite sure that they *are* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:04 5
- the goal, see, is to destroy the incoming missile. that's what missile intercept means. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:05 4
  - and to do that, most existing systems detonate before impacting the target missile -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:06 3
    - Give her a break. It's not like she worked at the Pentagon or anything. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 12, 10:11 2
      - She has a point though. The missile that's going up doing the intercepting should come back down after it killed the other one and park in the army - Loyola Jan 12, 10:13
      - indeed I never did. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:13
They were supposed to explode. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 10:04 3
- forget it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:05 2
  - I know what you're trying to say, I'm just trying to say ... all the design flaws in chinese cars are gold-star performance for chinese rockets. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:06
  - Good thinking. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 10:05

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