Re:U.S. Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic we...
by kurupt213 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @08:47PM
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There are tank fired kinetic anti tank rounds. Depleted uranium darts are devastating.
But to answer your question, I believe the energy released by a kinetic impactor quadruples every time you increment a Mach number. So a kinetic impact at Mach 4 is 16x more energetic than a mach 2 impact.
But to answer your question, I believe the energy released by a kinetic impactor quadruples every time you increment a Mach number. So a kinetic impact at Mach 4 is 16x more energetic than a mach 2 impact.