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blkfrd · 04-15-2009, 02:33 PM

I have visited this site for years and love the cellar pics. I had to join today to clear something up.

That photo is NOT time lapsed...the warheads come in at a huge speed of mach 20 or there abouts. There is so much kinetic energy in a warhead alone that even without a bomb load, they can be used as weapons! When they hit the water, they create a 600 ft tall plume.

I used to work at a company that make the equipment that tracked the rocket and warheads during tests. Someone at work had a pic that looked like that. I asked if that was a time lapsed photo of the reentry vehicles...he then explained how it was a snap shot...

04-15-2009, 02:33 PM	#12
blkfrd Kinda New Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	I have visited this site for years and love the cellar pics. I had to join today to clear something up. That photo is NOT time lapsed...the warheads come in at a huge speed of mach 20 or there abouts. There is so much kinetic energy in a warhead alone that even without a bomb load, they can be used as weapons! When they hit the water, they create a 600 ft tall plume. I used to work at a company that make the equipment that tracked the rocket and warheads during tests. Someone at work had a pic that looked like that. I asked if that was a time lapsed photo of the reentry vehicles...he then explained how it was a snap shot...