Comment on Inspirational

• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Then the distance must be almost zero, as it exhibits no drop over that range.

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  • Cawifre@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That might have something to do with this being a chart for powered missiles.

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    • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      However, the comment was talking about arrows…

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      • HowAbt2day@futurology.today ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m over here with some popcorn as nerds debate the project motion of a hypersonic missile named “arrow” and shit.

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      • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Go with a fantasy arrow made of light, for the last one.

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The diagram is about normal unpowered shells. They use different amounts of propellant to achieve different projectile speeds

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I see a significant drop…

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    • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Are we looking at the same image? DO I NEED TO GET A RULER?

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• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That is not how this concept, time on target, works

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It works by firing at mach 5?

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