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What is the fastest surface-to-air missile?
Most supersonic missiles travel at a speed between Mach-2 and Mach-3, which is up to 2,300 mph. The most well-known supersonic missile is the Indian/Russian BrahMos, is currently the fastest operational supersonic missile capable of speeds around 2,100–2,300 mph.
What is the range of an air-to-air missile?
The Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) is a potent guided missile that changed the shape of aerial combat forever. Capable of destroying fast and maneuverable jet fighters at ranges sometimes exceeding 100 kilometers, these high-tech weapons dominate the skies.
How does a heat seeking missile work?
Its a passive weapon systen which uses infrared emissions from a target to follow it. Infrared emissions are released and radiated strongly by Hot Bodies such as the engine of the jet. These missiles when fired track the heat signature and follow it.
What is the difference between an air blast and a surface blast?
When a bomb is detonated below 100,000 feet but high enough that the fireball of the detonation does not actually touch the Earth’s surface, it is considered an air blast. [1] Conversely, when a nuclear bomb is detonated at or slightly above the surface of land or water, it is deemed a surface blast.
What happens when a nuclear bomb detonates on the ground?
When a nuclear bomb is detonated close or on the ground, it produces radioactive fallout. Upon explosion radioactive particles such as fission products, radiated soil and weapon waste are sent into varying levels of the atmosphere. Depending on the
What are the effects of air blasts?
Effects Unique to Air Blasts Unlike surface blasts, air blasts produce almost no local fallout upon detonation. Instead, air blasts are more effective in producing high levels of overpressure over larger areas and increased yields of thermal radiation.
How is a nuclear bomb delivered?
Nuclear bombs can be deployed via airdrop from an aircraft or delivered from the ground as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The difference in choice of delivery is due to strategy and effectiveness, but perhaps a more impactful choice to be made is when to actually detonate the nuclear bomb.