Sorry Mayf, I wasn't clear.
I was talking about the power of the small rocket motor and the
reliability needed.
Bryan
drmayf wrote:
> The sat was traveling at 17000 mph and the SM-3 speed was a reported
> 6000 mph. 23000 mph closing speed. put the mass of the two together
> and convert the speed to fps and suddenly you have a lot of very high
> energy. I don't know what the sat mass was but it was probably
> significant, maybe 10,000 lbs. Ignore the missile mass... my rusty
> math says 1.76 time 10 to the 11 power in ft-lbs of energy
> released.... SOmebody check me...
>
> mayf
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