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The difference between shooting down a conventionally armed missile and shooting down a nuclear armed missile is that the former will explode in the air or not
by ohjimny2 7mo ago
The difference between shooting down a conventionally armed missile and shooting down a nuclear armed missile is that the former will explode in the air or not at all, whereas the latter is quite likely to still be able to detonate when it hits the ground.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> whereas the latter is quite likely to still be able to detonate when it hits the ground If they’re using a novel, supercritical core mechanism, maybe. Otherwise, unlikely.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> whereas the latter is quite likely to still be able to detonate when it hits the ground If they’re using a novel, supercritical core mechanism, maybe. Otherwise, unlikely. (You would get fallout instead.)