Whereas the are plenty of videos showing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) being launched, few of them depict warheads hitting their targets.
That’s why this video is particularly interesting.
It shows Russian ICBM warheads hit their targets on Kura Test range, in northern Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East.
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This is a better clearer version on Youtube
Old video has been around forever.
Terminal velocity looks slower than I would have expected. It seems these warheads would be vulnerable to an anti-missile system. Of course, it depends on the viewing distance.
I was thinking the same thing. It also seems weird that the reentry vehicles appeared to split up fairly close to the ground.
This is a better clearer version on Youtube
Old video has been around forever.
Terminal velocity looks slower than I would have expected. It seems these warheads would be vulnerable to an anti-missile system. Of course, it depends on the viewing distance.
I was thinking the same thing. It also seems weird that the reentry vehicles appeared to split up fairly close to the ground.