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by msisk6 484 days ago
There's poor quality videos of older tests on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a1acYZ93yc

These inert reentry vehicles are impacting at hypersonic speeds; I wouldn't want to be anywhere near there.

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I'd want to be standing outside the error bounds, plus 5 miles.

I think that it's important we know these systems work. There's some freaking amazing technology built into them back when I was a kid. If even 50% of them actually work, we're way ahead of everyone else.

I'd be surprised if anything in Russia works at a rate of more than 1%.