• atx_aquarian@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Every time a missile test fails anywhere, I wonder if another power’s hackers were involved, like how stuxnet was this perfectly targeted worm that sabotaged a bunch of uranium centrifuges in Iran. I’d like to think either that hackers are keeping us a little safer from physical weapons or that governments are deliberately flopping tests to avoid escalation.

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      9 months ago

      More likely, rocketry is not easy or safe, which is why multiple SpaceX rockets have also failed. Not to mention all the other launch companies.

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          9 months ago

          Solid rocket motors ought to be a whole lot more reliable than those newly-developed or experimental liquid fuel engines

          From Wikipedia: “Should the missile fail to breach the surface of the water, there are several safety mechanisms that can … deactivate the missile before launch