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MannyGoldstein

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1. The sonic boom does not get there before the missile

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2013, 06:54 AM

May 2013

The sonic boom happens because the missile is passing through the speed of sound. The boom travels at the speed of sound, while the missile is faster.

Of course, I'm obscuring the larger point, about the blooodless bloodletting of droning.

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