Much like Chinese antiship ballistic missiles that can't possibly work because everyone knows radar can't see through plasma.
>>64575120>radar can't see through plasmaWho says it's radar? I can see the clouds just right.
>>64575120It's wired guided, dummy.
from what I gather Pershing slows down, takes a "picture" with radar of the ground to double check position, then continues its descentplease correct me if im wrong
>>64575120it didn't travel fast enough to have plasma around it because of the pullup maneuver
>>64575267Yeah that makes no sense, as it would be in the terminal fase of descent, where the whole point is maximum speed.
implessive!
>>64575285Retard.
>>64575120>i don;'t understand what these missiles were for but my chinese feelings are hurt because they always are
>>64575135You realize the only reason that works (getting a video signal out) is because starship is so massive that it’s making/leaving a big enough hole/wake behind it, right? The plasma is thickest on the front and on the sides during re-entry and there’s a huge hole/wake behind starship.
>>64575267>takes a "picture" with radarflight path is programmed in, the missile uses inertial navigation to up and out of the atmosphere and in general where it should be, then celestial navigation for confirmation or correction, then steers MIRVs onto targets
>>64575379I do. Still, even if the plasma in front is so dense it's opaque you could do RBS-70 style guidance trough the ass.But AFAIK in reality all of the Zigger style "hypercoomix" are too slow to produce significant plasma and most videos claimed to be them are from various rocket launches showing their exhaust plume.
>>64575120how many times will you make this thread?
>>64577493> A velocity control maneuver (pull up, pull down) was executed under inertial guidance control to slow down the RV and achieve the proper impact velocity. The radar correlator system was activated and the radar scanned the target area. Radar return data was compared to pre-stored reference data and the resulting position fix information was used to update the inertial guidance system and generate RV steering commands.according to wikipedia
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>>64575120The missile does not know where it is at any time, however it does know where it was and where it was going at the moment of launch. From this it can make a reasonable guess as to where it should be, assuming that where it should be has not changed since the initial measurement was taken. For this reason the missile should not be used against mobile targets, or indeed any targets smaller than a football stadium.
>>64575135I mean, it could but that makes the missile vulnerable to bad weather and smoke screens.
>>64575267To be fair, the Pershing just had to hit the right zip code.
was there a non-nuclear pershing 2?
>>64575120adult-stage HIMARS
