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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by Dylan16807 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:39PM (#34826740)
I'm not being pedantic. I'm pointing out that the example is a corner case that is irrelevant to this topic.

> The above poster is saying that even small problems can lead to catastrophic consequences in complicated machines.

That's a very generic statement. Are you sure that was their real point? Not something more specific to air strikes?

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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by petee on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:42PM (#34826789)
It was my point, and i thought it was clear enough that it was just a comparison of projectile to target, and the damage a tiny object can cause; I should have added more words, maybe. Most at NASA thought that the foam couldn't have damaged the spacecraft, and they were wrong.

If a drone penetrates the wing, we don't really know if it can make it to the fuel tank when it hits at 500...

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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by Dylan16807 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:45PM (#34826822)
If your point is "small problems can lead to catastrophic consequences in complicated machines" then it's not helpful, because we have more specific information for planes that overrides such a generic statement.
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