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Old 28th Dec 2016, 06:42
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(Basil) - onetrack, would I be correct in guessing that the shock wave advances at about M1.0 but the initial speed of the fragments would be in excess of M10.0?
Basil, as a general rule of thumb, the metal fragments from a munitions explosion travel at between 3 and 5 times the speed of the shockwave.
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