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by YurgenJurgensen 1228 days ago
The US isn't on the other side of the planet to Russia. The missiles fly over the Arctic, and typically travel less than a quarter of the circumference of the planet.
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Still 15 minutes is incredibly fast. Even if it was 30 minutes it's super quick when a plane flight would be like 16 hours or something
They fly at 7 km/s.