07-14-2010, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris_Timm
Seacat, SeaSlug, and other.
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The "other" missile (far right image) is a Bloodhound SAM (Surface-to-Air-Missile, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_missile ). Its acceleration was tremendous, as this description from the Wikipedia article indicates:
[The acceleration of the Mk. II can be gauged from the data on an information board at the Bristol Aeroplane Company Museum at Kemble Airfield, Kemble, Gloucestershire, where a complete Bloodhound can be seen. The Mark of Bloodhound this data refers to is not given but is presumably the Mark II since the top speed of the Mk. I is Mach 2.2:
"By the time the missile has just cleared the launcher it is doing 400 mph. By the time the missile is 25 feet from the launcher it has reached the speed of sound (around 720 mph). Three seconds after launch, as the four boost rockets fall away, it has reached Mach 2.5 which is roughly 1800 mph"] |