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Hypersonic Missile Inbound!!! (lemmy.world)
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All targeting solutions for sublight speed are computable.

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[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TIL hypersonic is genuinely a distinct word from supersonic.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago

It's usually over mach 5, but originally it was used to refer to when you start needing to deal with heating up the air.

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Also around the point where jet engines kinda just stop working right.

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