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Old 04-22-11, 03:23 AM   #6
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You're thinking of a nuclear warhead I think.. SH4 doesn't accurately model ballistic missile trajectories because:

1: You cannot launch munitions straight up.
2: The "Ballistic Missile" if launched wouldn't land on a convoy 2-3 miles out... it'd be hitting a static target from longer ranges.

If you think of a cruise missile; i.e.: it launches out of the tube, gets to the surface and then flies to the target, it is still not a ballistic missile because it does not have a "ballistic" trajectory to the target.

Think of artillery (ballistic missile) because it lobs the shell high up in the air and then comes crashing down. Whilst a cruise missile is like an anti-tank gun in that it shoots a low trajectory straight shot at the target.
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