alt Hacker NewsTridents can reach mach 19. Orbital velocity is more like mach 100.
Not that the UK manufactures trident missiles anyway.
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eeL3bo1mohn7pee • today at 2:53 AM
27720km/h orbital velocity is Mach 22.4 at a sea level speed of sound
adastra22 • today at 5:11 AM
Orbital velocity is nowhere near mach 100.
blibble • today at 1:04 AM
if only you could put some sort of explosive charge on the top
You don't need orbital velocity to blow satellites away. Just do a well-timed suborbital launch against the satellite's orbit, and the satellite will provide most of the kinetic energy.