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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by ben_w on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @11:34AM (#43256936)
You don't have to catch it from behind, just put yourself in it's path and let Starship's own kinetic energy cause the damage with your own velocity being nearly stationary vs the ground at the time.

Aiming is one of the easier things: huge target, multi-gigwatt heat signiature.

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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @03:01PM (#43259267)
> Aiming is one of the easier things: huge target, multi-gigwatt heat signiature

You’re describing boost-stage missile intercept. It’s incredibly hard.

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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by ben_w on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @03:55PM (#43259719)
For strategic use against ICBMs, yes.

For an extremely well advertised launch into a predetermined flight path of something which isn't even trying to hide its signature and where you can watch the livestream of the countdown?

Perhaps I'm still underestimating the challenge, but I think boost stage vs Starship is a much less of a challenge than boost stage vs. an actual weapon.

But yeah, given your background, if you say I'm wrong, I know to defer to you on this.

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