Awsome view

[SteamWake]

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=50140

[Arclight]

Wow, I think his engine is on fire! :88)

Nice view. :yep:

[GoldenRivet]

wow thats cool

[Jimbuna]

One really cool desktop candidate :o

[krashkart]

^^ I second that. Very cool pic. :DL

[Sailor Steve]

That IS awesome! :rock:

[Castout]

will a ballistic missile short or medium range be trailing similar amount of smoke? :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Probably a little bit less I'd say Castout because a shuttle launch has two booster rockets whereas an ICBM, IRBM or TBM would only be one rocket, but not much I'd have thought.

Here's a Minuteman III going up for comparison:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/mm3-launch.jpg

[SteamWake]

I have witnessed a shuttle launch a couple of times and by far aside from the sound is the towering colums of smoke.

Its as if god himself was pulling a string of smoke out of the ground.

[Molon Labe]

Are those Mudhens on CAP?

[Bill Nichols]

SAM Launch! SAM Launch!

:ping:

[Oberon]

sam launch! Sam launch!

:ping:

Chaff, Flare, Chaff, Flare, Chaff, Flare


MDS failure...ECM failure...Right engine fire...Left engine fire...Warning Warning...RWR failure...Pull up...Pull up...

[Castout]

Probably a little bit less I'd say Castout because a shuttle launch has two booster rockets whereas an ICBM, IRBM or TBM would only be one rocket, but not much I'd have thought.

Here's a Minuteman III going up for comparison:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/mm3-launch.jpg


Thanks for the insight but that's to me still a lot of smoke :DL

[TLAM Strike]

SAM Launch! SAM Launch!

:ping:

ASAT Launch ASAT Launch!! :O:

[Oberon]

Thanks for the insight but that's to me still a lot of smoke :DL

:yep: It's a lot of thrust. Quite ironic considering the actual payload is not much bigger than a car, heck, one single MIRV warhead in the 300-400 kiloton region is about the height of a man. Still, have to get it up into the optimum re-entry position.

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/W87clr.jpg
W87 warheads

http://www.atomicarchive.com/Photos/Journey/Images/MIRV.jpg
MIRV warheads on final phase vehicle

One ICBM, multiple targets....Oh, the things we think of to kill each other with. :damn:

[UnderseaLcpl]

One ICBM, multiple targets....Oh, the things we think of to kill each other with. :damn:

People are fun like that:yeah: No worries though, Oberon. Nuclear overkill is largely a myth. It would only work if everyone on the planet conveniently gathered into unsheltered circular areas to await missile strikes. In the event of a nuclear war, much of the planet's populace would likely survive, at least for a while. :DL

[Jimbuna]

That's what worries me....the aftermath :o

[SteamWake]

Its amazing you guys can take an awe inspring sight of mankinds accomplishments and turn it into a discussion about nuclear war. :doh:

Oh well it is SubSim after all :03:

[UnderseaLcpl]

Its amazing you guys can take an awe inspring sight of mankinds accomplishments and turn it into a discussion about nuclear war. :doh:

You're not a debater, are you? Everything can be linked to nuclear war.

[Admiral8Q]

Ouch! :rock: