CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agowhy don't airforces put backwards missiles on their planes? that way they can easily take down anyone who's behind them.sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1222arrow-down1external-linkwhy don't airforces put backwards missiles on their planes? that way they can easily take down anyone who's behind them.sh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOutsizedWalrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoWhich would be meaningless. Those missile accelerate to like Mach 4 in a second. A plane going forward at Mach 2 would add .5 second to a missile fired backwards to get to Mach 4.
Which would be meaningless. Those missile accelerate to like Mach 4 in a second.
A plane going forward at Mach 2 would add .5 second to a missile fired backwards to get to Mach 4.