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Re: Cel nav in space
From: Bill B
Date: 2005 Jan 9, 22:01 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2005 Jan 9, 22:01 -0500
Alex That has already been explained in you absence. As well as the "supposition" that the package is in free fall after the launch vehicle has burned out and detached. Given the quirks of the atmosphere, especially on a local level, how then does the package obtain pin-point accuracy in free fall? Bill >> "Big deal. So SA is on and you miss by 100 meters. What does that >> matter with multiple warheads? > > It does matter if your purpose is to hit a ballistic missile > silo. With error of more than 100 meters you can only > hit a city, or a large indistrial factory. > But one of the important strategic goals is to hit the enemy > ICBM sites. > > Alex.
