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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 10 months ago

bottom projectile traveling at mach 5

[-] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago

Bottom projectile is traveling at a normal speed, just fired last.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 30 points 10 months ago

Then the distance must be almost zero, as it exhibits no drop over that range.

[-] Cawifre@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

That might have something to do with this being a chart for powered missiles.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 points 10 months ago

However, the comment was talking about arrows...

[-] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 17 points 10 months ago

I’m over here with some popcorn as nerds debate the project motion of a hypersonic missile named “arrow” and shit.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago

Go with a fantasy arrow made of light, for the last one.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 10 months ago

The diagram is about normal unpowered shells. They use different amounts of propellant to achieve different projectile speeds

[-] Cawifre@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Y'know, I think you're right. That gray bit looks like the tank barrel. I mistook that as part of the projectile path, and I misinterpreted the overall design as a missile battery.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago

If you want to know more, look up Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact

[-] Tja@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago
[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago

Are we looking at the same image? DO I NEED TO GET A RULER?

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 10 months ago

That is not how this concept, time on target, works

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

It works by firing at mach 5?

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago

It's easier to just refer to "multiple round simultaneous impact" than to try to explain succinctly, especially since I already got the term kinda wrong (time on target is more of an umbrella category/earlier version)

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