Re: China ASAT Hits Its Target . . . And it's on West 43rd Street.



"Raghar" <RagharA2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On Jan 28, 6:57 pm, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> Energy on target is energy on target. Calculate the kinetic energy of
:> the impact. Convert to kilograms of the explosive of your choice.
:>
:> Explosion is the right word.
:
:Shatering is better, ...

"Shatering" is not a word.

:... as there was a shock wave through the hull of the
:satellite, that caused it to break into pieces.

And what do you think the damaging mechanism of an explosion is again?

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