• Rapidcreek@reddthat.comOP
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    Lived near a few air bases. Have heard the boom of an SR71 going low and fast. But, the loudest I’ve ever heard was a meteorite or space junk breaking the sound barrier overhead. And that includes the shuttle which had a great sound as it passed over on landing.

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      Had a chance once to stand about 100m from a B1 Lancer while it performed a full afterburner combat takeoff.

      Just absolutely incredible… It’s so ungodly loud that your ears basically have no purpose and it’s like you are hearing through your whole body.

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        1 year ago

        Point being, peo0le couldn’t have heard the explosion in space, but they could certainly hear the missle parts falling at speed through the atmosphere

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    Israel, famously known for the precision application of their weapons, does it again! Lets goooo!
    Perhaps a sign of good things to come!

    Edit: Guys, come on. All that’s in the past. The future is today!

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      If they can shoot a thin object in space on a ballistic trajectory, why can’t they hit a single Hamas terrorist stationary on the ground without using less than 10 cruise missiles that instead wipe out the house and family of tv journalist that lives 10km away?

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      Yeah. It will make it easier for them to target schools, hospitals, refugee camps and other locations that are supposed to be illegal to attack under the Geneva convention.