potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat is this building I passed marked "Critical Area?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1imageWhat is this building I passed marked "Critical Area?"lemmy.worldpotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarevatlark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down7·2 months agoThat cone is the tip of a missile. After they built the silo they extended the range of the ballistic missile so its about 50 ft taller than the original design. Tap for spoiler \s
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI was thinking a giant laser on a swivel to shoot at the sky. But realistically, I figured it just housed power equipment or something.
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago50ft seems a pretty pathetic increase in range. They should have made the effort to make it pointy instead.
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAladeen, I assure you the current design has absolutely no effect on the aerodynamics of the system
That cone is the tip of a missile. After they built the silo they extended the range of the ballistic missile so its about 50 ft taller than the original design.
Tap for spoiler
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I was thinking a giant laser on a swivel to shoot at the sky. But realistically, I figured it just housed power equipment or something.
50ft seems a pretty pathetic increase in range. They should have made the effort to make it pointy instead.
Aladeen, I assure you the current design has absolutely no effect on the aerodynamics of the system