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kleinbl00 · 3152 days ago · link · · parent · post: Implication of Sabotage Adds Intrigue to Space-X Investigation
'k I'll play. FIM-92C stinger missile, manufactured in California by Lockheed missile partners General Dynamics/Raytheon since 1978. 60" long, 33lbs weight, 6lb warhead, effective range 5 miles, terminal velocity Mach 2.5. Unit cost $38k, "hundreds unaccounted for" since the fall of Afghanistan. Note: I'm not saying the ULA fired a stinger missile at SpaceX. They're... conspicuous. But ruling out malfeasance via physics is a facile exercise. I mean yeah - Prolly wasn't a Parrot AR. But "we saw something suspicious a mile away" isn't crazytalk.