Minuteman ICBM reaches Mach 1 at 60-ft above launcher?
Rand Simberg wrote:
Seems dubious to me. Unless I screwed up the calculation, that means
over 300 g acceleration (zero to 760 mph in sixty feet). I'm pretty
sure its liftoff T/W is nowhere near that...
The only one I can think of that would do that is the Sprint ABM.
Pat
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