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by hef19898 854 days ago
Just because SpaceX has rockets that go to space doesn't mean those rockets are ICBMs.
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thsksbd 854 days ago
It does though. Any rocket that can go into leo can fall within a mile without trouble.

And that's with 1950s guidance technology. Add modern controls and a SpaceX can crash into a site with 100 m no problem

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khuey 854 days ago
Any rocket that can put a payload in orbit is an ICBM capable of launching at least that payload at another continent.
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hef19898 854 days ago
If a continent is your target, sure...
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thereisnospork 854 days ago
I mean spaceX can drop a booster on a 20m wide barge without much fuss...
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hef19898 854 days ago
Land, not drop... And the boister is not coming in hot from a ballistic trajectory...
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amarant 854 days ago
Dropping seems a lot easier than landing though. And I imagine if your payload is a nuke, missing your target by even a hundred meters doesn't matter much..

Convincing SpaceX to go along with it on the other hand, I think is going to be really hard.

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hef19898 854 days ago
Yes, of course, guidance systems for ICBMs and with multiple warheads are easy, I forgot.
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dboreham 854 days ago
The people who know how to do that are in California not Texas.
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saagarjha 854 days ago
In one piece?
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