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How Israel shot down a ballistic missile in space for the first time (www.msn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

β€œWe thought; if we can be the best at shooting a child in the head, maybe there are even bigger applications”.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Really, this is the first time that a rocket has been intercepted and destroyed in space and that's the best you can do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’ve been reading the news so in perspective, it’s hard to celebrate. Call me old fashioned.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So not paying attention to the topic and your knee jerked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You’re wilfully misinterpreting me now. Move on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'd be more impressed if there weren't rockets in space worth blowing up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Lived near a few air bases. Have heard the boom of an SR71 going low and fast. But, the loudest I've ever heard was a meteorite or space junk breaking the sound barrier overhead. And that includes the shuttle which had a great sound as it passed over on landing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Had a chance once to stand about 100m from a B1 Lancer while it performed a full afterburner combat takeoff.

Just absolutely incredible... It's so ungodly loud that your ears basically have no purpose and it's like you are hearing through your whole body.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Point being, peo0le couldn't have heard the explosion in space, but they could certainly hear the missle parts falling at speed through the atmosphere