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Posted by TFG on 20th December 2006
Pure American bad-ass steely-eyed missile-man stuff:
When the order comes, the sub shoots a 65-ton Trident II ballistic missile into the sky. Within 2 minutes, the missile is traveling at more than 20,000 ft. per second. Up and over the oceans and out of the atmosphere it soars for thousands of miles. At the top of its parabola, hanging in space, the Trident’s four warheads separate and begin their screaming descent down toward the planet. Traveling as fast as 13,000 mph, the warheads are filled with scored tungsten rods with twice the strength of steel. Just above the target, the warheads detonate, showering the area with thousands of rods-each one up to 12 times as destructive as a .50-caliber bullet. Anything within 3000 sq. ft. of this whirling, metallic storm is obliterated.
Mach 5 hypersonic cruise missiles designed to arrive anywhere on earth in 60 minutes. To paraphrase Jackie Brown, “The X-51 - when you absolutely, positively have to atomize every motherfucker in the room.”
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