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by nox101 661 days ago
shooting something 12000 miles away, 0.1% off is 12 miles. That's missing the target and will not destroy whatever you were trying to destroy
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In the early days, that’s why nukes went into the megaton range. Because then 12 miles will still destroy your target.

Then they got a lot more accurate than .1%