• knorke3
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    1 year ago

    it’s just a launch vehicle if you remove the warhead

    (fun fact: an easy way of disposing of nuclear ICBMs is to just remove the nuclear warhead, put something useful on it instead, and shoot it off into space)

    • zepheriths@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s not a good idea. It could easily hit a satellite. A few to many times and that satellite can’t be used anymore