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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #270 on: November 26, 2010, 05:05:49 pm »
Quote from: RedWarrior0 on November 26, 2010, 04:51:57 pm
Quote from: Barbarossa the Seal God on November 26, 2010, 04:43:24 pm
No, it's like hitting a bullet with a faster bullet that can track the first bullet.
It's like destroying a bullet with any one of a number of faster, guided, tracking explosive bullets.

So it's not like bullets at all.
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #271 on: November 26, 2010, 05:13:04 pm »
So, if it's so easy... how come it doesn't work?
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #272 on: November 26, 2010, 05:14:41 pm »
Quote from: Leafsnail on November 26, 2010, 05:13:04 pm
So, if it's so easy... how come it doesn't work?
Murphey's law?
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #273 on: November 26, 2010, 05:28:22 pm »
A Tomahawk is accurate to a few feet. A warhead might be a foot in diameter. Do the meth.
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #274 on: November 26, 2010, 05:34:44 pm »
I think the tests work, IF you are told in advance the exact trajectory of the missile (to within feet, of course).  So if your enemies are kind enough to tell you the exact trajectories and angles of their missiles before they fire them...

The thing is, they fly very fast.  It is possible to do the calculations, but usually, by the time you've sensed them, it's too late.
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #275 on: November 26, 2010, 05:41:57 pm »
Quote from: RedWarrior0 on November 26, 2010, 05:28:22 pm
Do the meth.
Please don't. Honestly, if you're going to do drugs, you could at least do one that doesn't seem specifically designed to destroy your life.
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #276 on: November 26, 2010, 06:02:14 pm »
Quote from: Willfor on November 26, 2010, 05:41:57 pm
Quote from: RedWarrior0 on November 26, 2010, 05:28:22 pm
Do the meth.
Please don't. Honestly, if you're going to do drugs, you could at least do one that doesn't seem specifically designed to destroy your life.
Typo. They happen.
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #277 on: November 26, 2010, 06:08:07 pm »
It's not entirely clear what you're saying in that post, though...
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #278 on: November 26, 2010, 06:12:16 pm »
Is it that hard to see that he meant to say Math?
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #279 on: November 26, 2010, 06:13:20 pm »
South Korea has six batteries of Patriots (48 launchers, 192 missiles) and twenty four batteries of Hawks (600 missiles). Both of these systems can engage incoming missiles, the Patriot being a purpose-built system and the Hawk being adapted to the role. And as much as Leafsnail likes to insist things don't work because just knows so...

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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #280 on: November 26, 2010, 06:14:35 pm »
Dare to try again a few dozens real missiles, most of them decoys?
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #281 on: November 26, 2010, 06:19:22 pm »
Quote from: RedWarrior0 on November 26, 2010, 06:02:14 pm
Quote from: Willfor on November 26, 2010, 05:41:57 pm
Quote from: RedWarrior0 on November 26, 2010, 05:28:22 pm
Do the meth.
Please don't. Honestly, if you're going to do drugs, you could at least do one that doesn't seem specifically designed to destroy your life.
Typo. They happen.
No they don't. You are now the LORD OF METH. Please report to the Census Office to pick up your METH CROWN.
« Last Edit: November 26, 2010, 06:23:00 pm by MetalSlimeHunt »
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #282 on: November 26, 2010, 06:21:09 pm »
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on November 26, 2010, 06:19:22 pm
You are now the LORD OF METH. Please report to the Census Office to pick up your METH CROWN.

There really needs to be a video game that opens with this line.
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #283 on: November 26, 2010, 06:22:21 pm »
Quote from: DoctorZ on November 26, 2010, 06:12:16 pm
Is it that hard to see that he meant to say Math?
I mean as in, whether he's saying it'd be possible or impossible to hit a missile in midair.
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Re: North Korea fired artillery shells at South Korea
« Reply #284 on: November 26, 2010, 06:26:05 pm »
Quote from: Leafsnail on November 26, 2010, 06:22:21 pm
Quote from: DoctorZ on November 26, 2010, 06:12:16 pm
Is it that hard to see that he meant to say Math?
I mean as in, whether he's saying it'd be possible or impossible to hit a missile in midair.
It's possible, but not guaranteed. The failure chance is mitigated somewhat by the fact that for the warhead, it's a bullet hell version of IWBTG.
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