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Old 4th May 2015, 23:14
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SilsoeSid

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All rockets are fire and forget as they don't have terminal guidance, once fired you may as well forget it as you can do nothing to alter its trajectory, the only difference between a rocket and a bullet is that a bullet is a free flight projectile whereas a rocket is powered all the way to the target.
How did they get Apollo 13 back?
Didn't SNEB rockets burn out before impact?
Didn't MLRS burn out after the 6 seconds thrust phase, then was in free flight trajectory until impact?

A missile ironically is not a missile but a hittile as it has terminal guidance, either externally by the operator or internally by some form of automatic guidance.
Is that why the British Rapier was initially called a hittile system, but apparently that led to confusion across the pond?
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