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Old 9th Apr 2013, 21:20
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19 seconds flash to bang. Assume 2000 feet per second. 38,000 feet.

Not very far!

Size wise it was not that different from a 550. Now if they made it impact fused that would have been some electronics to survive the launch and impact. Maybe they just relied on the cannon principle
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