A.I. just jumped, EV battery explosions, Labour's moral panic, Gaza's dying paramedics, Slovakia's mountain porters, and Russian hypersonic missile.
If that was a Zircon the kinetic energy alone would have completely demolished the building. At mach 7 it has a kinetic energy of 9 gigajoules - approx 4,700lb or 2t of TNT (add 450 kg explosive to that).
You have the right nickname for someone cleverer than me.
"Impossible to shoot down, we keep hitting residential buildings instead."
Modern war is scary!
Most of that energy is converted to useless/harmless heat.
But, sometimes...
Yeah … I wouldn’t want to be close by to where a Zircon hit :)
If that was a Zircon the kinetic energy alone would have completely demolished the building. At mach 7 it has a kinetic energy of 9 gigajoules - approx 4,700lb or 2t of TNT (add 450 kg explosive to that).
You have the right nickname for someone cleverer than me.
"Impossible to shoot down, we keep hitting residential buildings instead."
Modern war is scary!
Most of that energy is converted to useless/harmless heat.
But, sometimes...
Yeah … I wouldn’t want to be close by to where a Zircon hit :)